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Re: faith, trust and magic



>"The magic of The Who is the coming together & playing of TED.
>*That's* what's been getting us off all these years.  The Who are great at 
>making Who music - not blindly grappling with musical genres."
>
>Very well said, sir.
>That is what has been getting me off, and the lack of it led me away from 
>the band.

A lack in their albums, or in their live performances?


>It is so hard to capture this on record, this essential Who element.  It is 
>difficult for most punters to 'get it', even at a show.  It takes an extra 
>effort from the audience to understand this.

It's what I was getting at with the "Whoification" comment.  They can take 
pretty much anything and make the same magic.  It's all in the way they play 
together.


>I'll take a quote from a *great* movie I saw yesterday:
>"A little faith, a little trust, a little bit of pixie dust and you can 
>fly."  The Who can fly if they put these things together.  The pixie dust 
>is granted; it is in their blood.

Oh, you noticed that too?  ;)


keets

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