Re: that voodoo that he do

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

> >Hey, I've got to call you on this one. From my perspective, as a music 
>store owner, I see the sales of Rock going up up up.
And IMHO the ONLY way The Who can get away with making a new album is if 
it's raw and powerful. Otherwise, it'll be Voodoo Lounge.

Raw and powerful and rock will be okay with me.  I don't think they should 
do it because it's a trend, though.  They'll have to do something they all 
like, or as Roger said, they'll end up dumping it in the trash bin.


>I came up with a short list of distinct features that in my, as always, HO 
>need to be in the mix to make the magic.

Pretty good analysis.  :)


>They look and act completely different from the early 80's.
>This difference, and style, and attitude has no choice but to be reflected 
>in Pete's music and writing, and play by The Who.
>That alone is going to be a big excitement generator.

Yup.  A new style for a new century.


>The Who is back, and I really do hope (I don't pray about stuff like this) 
>that Pete can find the courage, or will, or entertainment, or desire, or 
>whatever the fuck he needs to ride up in front of a hundred faces and set 
>the paces. We all *know* he can do it. It's not going to be Roger, and it's 
>not going to be John.  To be sure, they can help, but it's going to be 
>Pete.  Always has, always will.  It's got to
be Pete, or it's not going to make it.

Pete's definitely the genius at the heart of the songs, but don't sell the 
others short.  It's hard to be a genius in a vacuum, and working with 
creative people always sparks creativity.


>I think Roger has already begun to accept that.  His recent interview even 
>indicated that when he said he doubted any of his songs would make it on 
>the new album.  He knows.

If Pete turns out some genius material, I'm sure Roger would be happy to 
dump all his own songs.  Like he said, there's always a solo album.  But 
Roger's songwriting can benefit from the collaboration the same way Pete's 
and John's can.  I liked "Crossroads Now" (Rog reallly nailed that one!), 
and I liked the part of the new TKAA that I'm pretty sure Roger wrote.  If 
they don't put them on a Who album, I'd like to continue to hear some of 
them live.

Anybody up for "Blues Man's Road" on this tour?  That would make a terrific 
Who song.


>We do to.  We need Pete to *stop* giving a fuck about other people and do 
>what we know he has inside him.  Just let it fucking out.
If he does that, we should get "The Boy Who Heard Music".

I think Pete lets things out all the time.  The problem is choosing what's 
best to follow up.  Remember that Kit Lambert used to pick and choose back 
in the early days, and channeled Pete's creative energy for him.  Do you 
suppose Pete has ADD (attention deficit disorder)?


keets

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