we can`t make`em jump if it`s not in them (THE WHO)

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Hey who`s talkin` `bout an old man with a beard? there`s hardly anyone in
his senses believing that`s what God is like. life is a journey that never
ends, and i daresay never starts. it`s never about sittin` on a cloud with a
harp in yer lap or any senseless useless meaningless stuff like that. And
what do you make of fate? What is the Hand of fate?
OUR MINDS ARE JUST INFLUENCED BY RELIGION AND RELIGION as i gather HAS VERY
LITTLE TO DO WITH FAITH. I GUESS WE BETTER LEAVE THIS TOPIC ALONE. NO MATTER
WHAT ANY OF US SAYS ABOUT THIS WE MISS THE POINT> and... if something is
true, it becomes obvious as soon as it`s time. if something is not true, its
seeds bear no fruit (heh heh, what-a-style!) and anyway you can`t stop the
truth from being true!!!!!!!!
having said this, i`ll also say:
yes the who should continue -
but we can make`em jump
only if it`s in them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan McKendree" <amck@thenetdr.com>
To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Forgetting the begats & Freedom STILL tastes of reality


> >Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:53:24 -0500
> >From: "Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>
> >
> >John wrote witty, sometimes comical, sometimes dark,
> >wonderfully-crafted songs & all you can see is him struggling with
> >God?!
>
> Just FYI, this put me in mind of a brief passage from an interview
> (with John), so I looked it up.  From
> http://www.thewho.net/hyper/interview-john-95.html:
>
> ***
> What are your spiritual or philosophical ideas?
>
> What, religious ideas?
>
> If that's what you have -- I'm not religious myself.
>
> I'm not either, I believe in some kind of entity but it's more a
> matter of fate than an old man with a gray beard.
>
> Is it "faith in something bigger"?
>
> I guess so, yeah. I don't think about it that often. I mean, we could
> be a speck of dust lasting one second in a bigger time situation.
>
> It pisses me off that we're going to die at all, which is why I like
> "Heaven and Hell" so much
>
> That song was originally called, "I Don't Like the Sound of Either."
> [laughs] There could be something else. The chorus was changed a bit
> from the original. The original chorus was "I'd much rather stay in
> the middle with my friends, 'cause I don't like the sound of either."
>
> That's great.
>
> I don't particularly want to sort of go up, sit on a cloud and play a
> harp, but there again I don't particularly want to stand on my head
> in serious shit either. We don't get much choice do we? I'd rather
> come back.
>
> ***
>
> So there ya go.  FWIW, I'd rather John (and me) come back, too.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Alan
> "That's unbelievable, if that's true."
>     --Howard Stern, 5/25/00