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Re: meltdown/comeback
>I feel a semantic thread coming on.
Huh? The Who On Ice mood?
>I'll agree that they sounded similar on the Quad Tour. I loved that
>because it was Quad, but I saw no need to attend or listen to more than one
>show as it was an attempt to faithfully recreate the original recordings.
There's a lot of variation in the shows, though. They tinkered with the
production as they went along. There was also a big difference based on who
was playing lead guitar.
>Perhaps we are not defining "polished" the same way, so I won't use it.
THE WHO LIVE tape really is polished, I think. Not only does it have that
Copeland/composer sound, but Roger showed up with vibrato for the first
time. I don't know if people pick out the technique, but they do notice the
difference in sound.
>It is that feeling of danger that was lacking in 89. Last year's best
>performance moments gave *me* the impression that they could loose the
>original groove of the song at any moment. Again, that was lacking in 89
>and 96.
I'm happy to enjoy it both ways. The structured, classical bent was a
surprise, and I'd rather have had that than a rehash of 70's sound.
>What was the topic? Meltdown, right. OK - we'll just agree to disagree on
>whether '89 was part of the meltdown. Do you think The Who should be
>included on the "RnR meltdown" list? If so, when did they melt? Is it
>really a meltdown when they were able to pull it back together?
Nah. Not a real meltdown. Definitely the relationship sputtered along for
a while, and it didn't go in the direction that fans wanted, but it was
still creative.
keets
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