Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V8 #240

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

So cuteness was their gimmick, right?  They couldn't make it in the leather, 
but they did fine as teen idols.  Frankie Avalon and David Cassidy used the 
same gimmick--the important difference being that The Beatles actually were 
excellent musicians and left excellent songs behind them.

The Who's gimmick attracted men, The Beatles gimmick attracted women--but 
both used a gimmick to get their start, and both were bound by it later on.  
The difference is, The Who were able to live with theirs.  It still lends an 
element of suspense to the shows--"Will he or won't he..."  And now and then 
there's a payoff.

:)
keets


><< And wasn't it cute when they would bow at the end of a song?  Yes,
>electrifying. Giving me goosebumps just thinking about it. >>
>
>Yes, it was cute!  Still would be cute too!  I can see them all on stage 
>now as they looked back in the Abbey Road Days.  They finished playing Come 
>Together...and then they all bow.  WOW!  The crowd would go CRAZY!
>Deni


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