RES: "settling the argument"

["Oswaldo Akamine Jr." <motax@uol.com.br>]

Oh, please!
So Britney is far better than the Who, isn't she? Do selling numbers
make any band better than other?

Trying to settle this subject down, I must say the obvious: there are
people who enjoy listening to the Beatles or to the Who or both of them.
No problem with that at all. The Who is a heavier band, the Beatles are
better known, the both bands are at the top of everything. But then,
you're in a Who list: so why trying to put the band down, uhn?

Oswaldo Akamine, in Sco Paulo, Brazil
http://www.motax.com.br

-----Mensagem original-----
De: owner-thewho@igtc.com [mailto:owner-thewho@igtc.com] Em nome de
TJLY99@aol.com
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2001 00:03
Para: owner-thewho@igtc.com; THEWHO@igtc.com
Assunto: re: "settling the argument"


yep, the who are better, that's why their "bbc sessions" album debuted
at no. 
101 and falling and the beatles "1" was no. 1 for 8 weeks on the charts.


the beatles were different because they had a different sound than
america 
was used to at the time. they also had the "long hair" (believe it or
not, 
their hair was a sign of rebellion!) they even had the top 5 positions
on the 
singles charts at one point! the who were ALSO different because they
were 
the first band that played harder rock n' roll, next to the kinks. and
let's 
not forget their stage demolition which was also new and different and 
exciting. the 60's were a time of change. every band and artist that was
out 
at the time was doing something different, and it all started with the 
beatles. after them, thousands of people were coming out of the blue
doing 
new things. the who included. before the beatles, it was frankie avalon,

fabian, pat boone, elvis' corny film songs, and even the singing nun!
the feedback heard at the beginning of "i feel fine" by the beatles
happened 
by accident but they decided to put it on the record anyway. the song
came 
out in late 1964 and the who didn't have a single out until 1965!   
by the way, i heard that the kinks released a rock opera titled "arthur"

which came out way before "tommy" but didnt have the success "tommy"
had. 
figure THAT out! could it be because ray davies heard about pete's
"project" 
and decided right away to do it himself and get it out before the who
had the 
chance? who knows? 

the beatles' music is being used these days also. smash mouth, train,
even 
the band that is named after pete's project LIFEHOUSE sounds a bit like
the 
beatles and is gaining a huge following cause of it. 

when you have two beatle fans on this list, the argument about them and
the 
who goes on. it's better to end it here. this is just my opinion, but 
according to what ive read, heard and seen, everything i just said
happens to 
be true. i'm not putting the who down, if i didnt like them, i wouldnt
be on 
the list. the beatles and the who have always been my two top favorite
bands 
of all time. 

as for a new who album, who knows if they're gonna make it or not. John
is 
touring with a BEATLES COVER BAND IN NOVEMBER!