Understanding Lifehouse

[Keithjmoon70@xxxxxxx]

As we all know, this is a difficult subject.  However, I feel that this is 
the most important subject surrounding this band, or more directly, Pete 
Townshend.

After listening to the WNDE many times now I decided to visit Pete's site and 
look up some archived articles. <A HREF="http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/projects/lifehouse/life_archive.html";>Pete Townshend - [Lifehouse, Archive]</A> 

My question is this: If you were in the audience at the Young Vic and you had 
the benefit of knowing that you were there to participate in the experience 
with the band, what exactly would you do to participate?  Shout?  Listen 
intently? Dance? (Pete told the one bloke not to do that because it was 
distracting) Think real hard?  Pray?  What is the method of taking in the 
vibrations being produced by the band with the hope of thus drawing the 
energy out of them?  What were we supposed to do?  

To say that Pete was just an overambitious thinker or a nut is a cop out. He 
was onto something and it shows up in the music.  There was the fantasy vs. 
reality thing, but what was it that he saw so clearly that no one else seemed 
to be able to see? (Rhetorical Question.)  


Jon in Mi.