The 'French Grasshopper' Interview

[Keithjmoon70 at aol.com]

>I agree, Ernie.  Bottom line is Pete waited until after  John
>had died to make a new studio record.  Nineteen  years
>wasted (1983 - 2002) because Pete couldn't get his mental  
>shit together.

Those years weren't wasted.  It's because of those years that we get  the 
Pete -and Roger we have today.  I wish John was with us too.   But he had another 
lifestyle that he chose with his own will and it killed  him.  That is a 
fact. 
 
Earlier, Pete  touched all kinds of things too, but Pete learned the  lesson. 
 Do you realize how much strength that takes? Now we get to hear  them 
singing about still being here.  With us!
 
>Maybe we should make the anniversary of Entwistle's death
>a  celebration, because it freed The Master & provided him
>the comfort  to work on a studio project with Daltrey again.
 
That doesn't even make sense.  They loved the man more than we  do.  But they 
do have to live their lives.  This isn't a movie.
 
>Another bottom line is that the live shows & studio  output
>are weaker without Entwistle.  Pete may not want to  allow
>that fact into his swelled head....but it's true.
 
Pete has said that he misses the thunder and that it can't ever be  replaced. 
 Numerous times.  He wrote at least one song about  him.  A lovely song with 
power and anger. But I can only think of two songs  right now: Give Blood and 
It's Never Enough.

>Who fans missed out on a bunch of fine musical dining be-
>cause  of Pete's schizophrenic fickleness.  Instead, we got
>the warmed up  Stouffer's frozen dinner that is ENDLESS 
>WIRE.  Yippee.  Long  live The Who.
 
 
Who fans got far more than any other fans of any other band.  And  we're 
still getting it.  I would rather Pete not put out filler and "jump"  because of 
us.  What comes out of him comes out of HIM. Wether it's  understood or not is 
another matter.
 
I'm realizing that when things go differently than what you're open to  
understand, out of some sort of twisted anger you lie to yourself and  obscure the 
truth in your own mind.  Instead of trying to  understand, it's like you're 
trying to not understand. Like many  things in life, this isn't a black and 
white issue.  Pete isn't to blame  for John's death and he's not to blame for 
continuing to live in spite of  it.  
 
If you don't like the album you just don't like it.  But to accuse  Pete of 
being glad that John is dead with that sarcasm?  What good is  that?  It's not 
true. 
 
Jon in Mi.