Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V8 #240

[TJLY99@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/9/01 8:17:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pkeets@hotmail.com writes:


> 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.
> 

ummm, have you seen the footage of the who from from the richmond jazz 
festival in 1965? the screaming girls in the audience? it did somehow attract 
women. for a while, anyway.