Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V8 #240

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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.