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Re: What got you hooked ?
Pete asks:
>I thought that it might be interesting to find out
>what event or song or person got you hooked to "The 'Oo".
I was about 14 (in 1975) and heavily into Pink Floyd and Zep when a friend lent
me Quadrophenia. Side One really knocked me out. It literally did not leave my
turntable for two months (JUST SIDE ONE!), because I was afraid that the other
three sides couldn't possibly be as good. I was gladly proven wrong. I soon
picked up By Numbers, and that was it! For an adolescent male to hear the words
"how many friends have I really got?" come out of a stereo speaker is just too
much... PT's honesty and frankness in his lyrics and the beautiful layering of
the music at that time were spell-binding to me (still are).
I later filled in my collection with every stich of work I couldfind by any of
the members. I learned to play guitar and bass about the same time, and modeled
my bass playing after John Entwistle (and Chris Squire of Yes, but that's
another story!).
As I learned more about PT, I investigated his Avatar (I was raised a Catholic -
but I'm feeling much better now... :) ), and adopted Baba's teachings into my
own philosophy.
Yeah, I gues you could say that I've been influenced by these guys...
OK,
KLW
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