Pete Responds

[L. Bird]

Here's Pete's specific response to the National Review:

http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=287&zone=pr

>27 May 2006
Who Comes First

America's National Review Online has just voted The Who's Won't Get Fooled 
Again the curious/mischievous honour of being 'The Top Conservative Song of 
All Time'. Before we all go storming the editor's office in rage it might be 
worth mentioning their reasoning:

"What makes a great conservative rock song? The lyrics must convey a 
conservative idea or sentiment, such as scepticism of government or support 
for traditional values. And, to be sure, it must be a great rock song. We’re 
biased in favour of songs that are already popular, but have tossed in a few 
little-known gems. In several cases, the musicians are outspoken liberals. 
Others are notorious libertines. For the purposes of this list, however, we 
don’t hold any of this against them. Finally, it would have been easy to 
include half a dozen songs by both the Kinks and Rush, but we’ve made an 
effort to cast a wide net. Who ever said diversity isn’t a conservative 
principle?"

The article has been picked up on by The Independent newspaper here in the 
UK and Pete's latest diary entry 'Won't Get Judged Again' details his take 
on it all at length. The original article is also available online at:

http://www.nationalreview.com/