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Re: The Who is a Man's group mostly



I wonder... never heard Empty Glass.... give an example, will ya?
Thanks!!!!
and about the who being a man`s group... i don`t know... i love them, and i
love a lot of those bands that are thought of as man`s groups... and i very
little care about bands and artists girls are supposed to like.
Helen.
----- Original Message -----
From: <SicilianMother@aol.com>
To: <thewho@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 3:08 AM
Subject: The Who is a Man's group mostly


> Dear Helen, Sandy, Carol and the rest of you guys and dolls,
>
> Obviously there are many more men Who fans and I never thought about "why"
> before.
>
> We all know that we think that Roger has a hot bod. But, you can see that
> anywhere. That is all fun and cute, but so does the Backstreet Boys and
alot
> of other pretty boys in Rock and Roll.
>
> Roger's voice is mostly growling alot of the time.  Very masculine.  Pete
and
> him do sing falsetto very effectively.  But it is more of a guy thing.
>
> The poetry and lyrics in most of the Who's music is very hard, talking
about
> anger, fighting, hookers, frustration and alot of male dominating emotions
> that we all feel.  However, they are portrayed from the angry male side.
> Again, dudes like that shit.  We do to, but this is what makes the Who's
> audience mostly men, in my opinion.
>
> I think Empty Glass is the only music written by PT that has a clearly
female
> flavor and I do believe he gained alot of females fans after the release
of
> that.
>
> I'd like to hear some opinions for and against this argument, from the
many
> music/Who experts out there.  I really just touched on this.
>
> Anyone?
>
> SicilianMother
> Johanna