Re: After the fire

["Jeff House" <whocasa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Mark R. Leaman" <bushchoked@yahoo.com>
"I do agree completely with those who say if the band doesn't continue now, 
it will be over. Why is that a bad thing?"

Because Roger and Pete work well together.  Because they are good at it.  
Because they love each other and they love working together.  Because they 
are not dead yet.  Because they have a god-given gift to make beautiful 
noise together, and to stop would be tragic.

"Maybe too much of my self-image depends on being right about this band 
being above and beyond all the others. I have no perspective right now."

Very insightful.  I've felt this about myself.  The COCKS theory of fan 
behavior is at work here ;-)

"I was more excited about seeing the other Who fans than the actual two 
hours of concert, and yet while I still have that aspect coming I feel 
empty, numb, detached, and there's a hunger. I don't know what else to call 
it. A desire? No, hunger is more like it. Can't say what I crave, though. I 
don't even know myself."

My guess is that you miss The Who.  It hurts.

"We have only our own standards, and we know what we would do if the 
situation were ours to deal with."

We can't know what we would do in the situation, because we don't know the 
particulars of the situation.  How do these guys feel about each other?  How 
do they feel about Zak, Rabbit, Simon, Pino, Curbishley, Pridden, the 
Entwistle family, the Moon family, etc.?  We don't know that.  We can't know 
that.  We can't put ourselves in their shoes.

I'm more excited now to meet up with my fellow fans.  I feel closer to you 
all now than I did before and I want to express that warmth.  I think this 
is a good thing.

Jeff


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