Re: Half a whole

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> Jon wrote:
> 
>  > Yes, they've diminished.  We all diminish.  But even in their diminished
> state they still beat the others.  In 2002 I stood right in front of Pete 
> and saw
> the fingerprints on his guitar as he wailed on Sparks on electric. It was
> real.  My 13 yr. old son looked at me and shook his head in disbelief and Pete
> shot him a nod.  He saw Pete Townshend in TheWho.  I ain't gonna tell him it
> wasn't. Pete was banging, slashing, jumping, windmilling, sweating, spitting,
> giving it all he had. Pete was rocking his ass off.  He knows what The Who 
> is.  He
> created it. They weren't shaming their legacy.  Their bass player just died
> and they were fighting to live. Soon they will be gone.
> 
> Jon:
> 
> Thanks for your post.   That's why I started coming here.  You could see
> fingerprints!    Man...
> 
> I've only been that
> close once.   During a Psychoderelict at the Tower in West Philadelphia, my 
> wife
> and I were in the front row, slightly to the right (would have been right 
> in front
> of Pete had it been a Who gig), but Pete was front center for most of the show.
> He shook everyone's hand in the front row following the show, including ours.
> Pete seemed so thankful and gracious that we were there.   To this day I 
> have no
> clue what the tickets cost, as my wife arranged the whole thing as a 30th
> birthday gift.   What a great experience.
> 
> The gig was originally scheduled for a much larger venue (the Spectrum), and
> ticket sales were soft.  I'm sure it was a cold slap for Pete not to sell out
> the large venue, after pouring so much creative effort into Psycho-D.   The
> smaller venue made the show so much better though.
> 
> I hope we've not seen the last of Psycho-D, because the message
> is more important today in our media-crazed world than ever.
> 
> Joe in Philly


   I was at that show also,I was bummed because I had 4th row seats at the spectrum but it was a good show all the same
I think.I liked the cobwebs and strange on the snare at the beginning of the show a very nice heartfelt
tribute to moon.             
                     Bill