Re: Mark's expert analysis, more like

["Mark R. Leaman" <bushchoked@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mr. bush,

Jeff:

You can call me...Mini-He. Pass the pretzels.

Please tell us what boot you've heard, what the sound quality of the

Shoreline. The sound quality and relating to the live experience do not matter in this assessment, and in fact I can use your own review to bolster my assertion. I can hear what notes Pino is playing.

The great thing about the band right now is that they really have a chance
to begin anew. They are recreating their sound yet again.

OK...you DO realize how contraditory that sounds, right? I agree they have a chance to begin anew. I mean, that's pretty much what they did in 1996, but OK. I'm with ya. Hope springs eternal and all that. "Something new" implies by definition "nothing old." I'd love to hear some new songs by Townshend Daltrey Starkey and Pino, and subsequently hear them play them live. I'd still rather have Butler, but it's hardly MY choice, so...being the realistic fellow I am I'd deal with it.

They could even call it The Who if they felt they needed to. Or Half-A-Who, or Who's Left, or Tommy The Who for all I care. The Detours...that would be nice. But when you hear the old songs, what you hear is where Entwistle is no longer. You yourself said there was "a big hole in Who Are You" at the Boston show. Assuming Anna Nicole Smith didn't come up on stage at that particular moment, I have to take your meaning as Pino wasn't filling out the sound properly. That's certainly what I hear in the Shoreline show. Reputed by most to be one of the best shows of the tour...

Don't give up on them Mr. bush. Open up to what's left of The Who. You
might just enjoy it if you let yourself :-D

That's John Thomas Bush to you, sirra! (a small joke for our British members, no pun intended) To satisfy your curiousity and put the kay-bosh on the snideness, I haven't finished the mourning process. OK? You can't force these things. I don't guess I can explain how much The Who meant to me over the years...and I'd probably sound sort of like a Trekkie if I did, so I won't...but presently I don't feel moved to listen to their music WITH John. As you may recall, I'm the one who rolled his eyes when they play stuff like Baba and BBE, because I know they have to but I was bored with it when they did. A Pino-Who can't have the passion. Perhaps in time. But not yet. And the passion is the main reason I ever wanted to see them live.

The intensity of Pete and Roger's efforts fill in the Ox gaps quite nicely.

I'm not trying to take anything away from either of them. But those two alone are not equal to them with John.
             "Do you have blacks, too?"                      George "Der!" Bush                      Cheers                   ML 
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