The 'French Grasshopper' Interview

[Stephen Fairbairn]

Along the line, first, you can't un-ring the bell, what is done is  
done. At the time, what was is...

I (in my simplistic mind) see Endless Wire as a result of JAE's  
death. Without that tragidy, no album may have been released.

I feel that Endless Wire (for me) is a swan song, a closing of the  
'book' as it were. JAE's death allowed Pete the freedom to do what  
became EW.

When I saw them perform Tea and Theatre live as the final song,...  
just the two of them ... arm in arm, it became the private goodbye  
and thank you. When I saw them do it a second time on this tour, it  
reinforced that feeling for me.

The tour, the songs on the album, the growth and differences in it  
from both Pete's solo work and group work, ...

T & T sums it all up for me.

And I waved good  night and goodbye, I thanked them for their efforts  
over the years. As the arenas emptied out, I sat and watched.  
Remembered, and was happy.

Steve


On 6-Jan-07, at 9:31 AM, Jim M wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: <JOELTLE515 at aol.com>
>>
>> unfair that entwistle had to die first and THEN give pete the  
>> inspiration
>> to
>> go ahead with a new who album as oppose to releasing one, say, in  
>> 2002 or
>> 2001. I for one think it would've made a better album. I know some  
>> may
>> disagree
>> with me on that, but it's just what I think.
>
> Ernie, you (and others) are talking about a hypothetical album that  
> you feel
> Pete *should* have been able to make.  You ignore  Pete's  
> assertion, in the
> recent interview I mentioned, that those kind of expectations are  
> what kept
> them for making an album for 20 years in the first place.  In fact,  
> you
> don't ignore that issue, you *prove* it.  The album would have been
> "better".  It would have been more "Who like."  Well, *that* album,  
> the one
> that many imagined Pete was withholding from us, didn't exist.  It  
> simply
> wasn't in him.  What we got was Endless Wire...and I love it.  I  
> say I'd
> have gotten more albums like that if so many fans weren't clinging
> stubbornly to what The Who *used* to be for so long.  So there!
>
> Jim M
>
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