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Re: Half A Who Fan



So your preference has more to do with the concert conditions than the style 
of music?

keets

>Live, having seen them first in "dippity doo '67, and last
>in August 2000, I'd say that NOTHING compares to
>the live Who-> experience I witnessed in 67/68/69/70
>and the "Fallout Shelter Tour" in '73.
>
>Many things changed the live Who-> experience in my view,
>and not all was the material or sophisticated arrangements that
>evolved, but, I believe it was the ever increasing popularity that
>came in the wake of "Thomas/Leeds/Next" and the different
>types of folk who began attending concerts because it was
>"*the* thing to do."
>
>Much like on this list, and most others I haunt, the increased numbers
>wreak havoc and hostility with what was once peaceful, and
>similar to the fighting at the front of the stage at Anaheim Stadium
>in March of '76, and the tragedy in Cincy later that decade, it all
>turns to shit after a while.
>
>So, I quit going to large scale concerts by big name bands for
>some 20 years to avoid the unpleasant atmosphere. I did not
>see TheWho-> from the Los Angeles Sports Arena show in
>summer 1980 until August 2000 for the very reasons already
>stated. I did not want to be stuck in a crowd of 20,000
>drunken, stoned assholes screaming for "Teenage Wasteland'
>with them having no concept of the true meaning of the term,
>puking on their shoes, and mine, fighting, etc..
>
>I've got to admit to being spoiled by seeing TheWho-> in
>67/68 when they could not fill a 2000 seat theatre, had to
>cancel the early show, combine the ticket buyers from the
>early and late show just to fill the first 15 rows.
>
>And talk about the debut in CA of "Thomas" at the
>Hollywood Paladium in summer '69!!
>
>Yeah, so gimme the early days, up to 1970, with a
>dose (that kind too) of "Quadrophenia '73," thank you.
>
>AnEnglishBoy~




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