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Re: The Who in Coca-Cola school presentation



Kevin,

Now you're making sense! LOL! ;-)

magik

Sroundtable@aol.com wrote:

> At my school today, Coca-Cola and Mothers Against Drunk Driving put on this
> multimedia presentation about drinking and peer pressure and "being
> yourself," not what others want you to be, blah, blah, blah.  I was with my
> AP world politics students who all know I'm a Who freak, so when the words
> "Who Are You" scrolled across the bottom as a girl was blathering on about
> soemthing, all my students started whispering to me that the Who song with
> the same name should be played there.  Not that exciting, but it shows I am
> spreading Who-ness to the youth of New Orleans.  The excitement comes later.
> At the very end as the credits were running, i heard a familiar guitar and
> drum intro to a song, but didn't see the who in the opening credits so I knew
> they weren't in it.  Sure enough, "Can you see the real me, Doctor! Doctor!"
> sounded thru the auditorium and I got fired up.  "That's a Who song!  That's
> a Who song!" i excplaimed in a sort of whspered yell.  "Quadrophenia!  The
> Real Me!"  I waited for the song credits and it turned out to be a cover of
> the song by a band named "Fastball."  I had never heard of them but the kids
> sang me a song of theirs that was popular and I recognized it.  I told
> them,"Just face it.  You can't escape the power of the Who.  They are
> omnipresent.  Just accept and embrace the fact!"  Just a little tidbit.
>
> kevin mc