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Re: "But break out, and start a fire, y'all..."
Do they have a contact address? It would be interesting to write and ask
them. Maybe you could pull that old joke on them. Who? Yeah, that's
right...
keets
> >>> London can lay claim to some truly memorable homegrown talent; The
>Rolling Stones; The Small Faces; The Kinks; David Bowie; The Clash; The Sex
>Pistols; The Jam; Madness; Primal Scream; The Chemical Brothers and hey,
>lest we forget All Saints and The Spice Girls. It has also been a settling
>ground for nurturing the talents of a far flung musical population; from
>60s legend Jimi Hendrix to recent adoptees Blur and Oasis. <<<
>
>That laundry list is so large that it includes musical heavyweights like
>the Kinks and the Clash, and even stoops to include talentless tartlets
>like The Spice Girls, how could they possibly justify omitting The Who? The
>Who made an indelible mark on the London music scene so this omission is
>near-heresy, in my opinion.
>
>Any speculation on why The Who were left off the list? Comments?
>
>As the old saying goes, genius is often least recognised closest to home.
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