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Fwd: Re: Has Pete lost it?
> > By most indications, Pete is suffering from writer's block, for
> solo
> > or Who purposes. I don't know how hard Pete works these days,
> > but hasn't he spent an inordinate amount of his work time this year
> > --when not assisting on the Quad play or helping Mick out--
> > rummaging through old fragments for Scoop 3---and didn't
> > he post he would save any Who-sounding pieces for a new Who
> > album? (album title: "Odds 'n Ends") Me thinks he has lost his
> > muse, and despite his delicate attempts to inform Roger of this,
> > Roger is in denial.
>
> I think Pete has got new Who songs. The tour kick-started the
> creative
> juices, and he produced enough material for an album within the jams
> after TKAA and MG. His question is whether this material is
> acceptable
> for Who fans, most of whom seem to be in denial about new material.
>
> One of Pete's problem these days is in thinking he has to "write"
> songs, and not just let them happen. He wants to present words
> instead
> of feelings, and so tends to overwork the material. It may be harder
> to access the "channel" he uses as he gets older, but it looked like
> the same situation (being on stage in front of a Who audience)
> produced
> the same creative response as in earlier years. He only needs to
> frame
> those feelings with music and get into the studio.
>
>
> LB
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