Re: Linda Perry

[Jeff Williams <jeffw@mxim.com>]

> From list-owner-thewho-outgoing@cisco.com Mon May 22 13:41:55 1995
> From: snelson@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Sherry Nelson      )
> Subject: Re: Linda Perry
> To: drjimmy@digex.net (LoudOne)
> Date: Mon, 22 May 95 16:10:05 EDT
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> > On Mon, 22 May 1995, Kate wrote:
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> > > Date: Mon, 22 May 95 13:07:55 EDT
> > > From: Kate <KAL93003@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
> > > To: thewho@cisco.com
> > > Subject: Linda Perry
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> > > What's the matter Mr. Derby? All your rock-n-roll has to be testosterone
> > > based? Linda Perry blew everyone but Roger off the stage. She has power,
> > > range and a lot of guts.  She sang in every sense of the word. Cover tunes
> > > don't have to mimic the original to be good -- in fact, why cover something
> > > if you don't make it your own? Dr. Jimmy will never be the same -- only better
> > > and better!
> > 
> > It was a little strange to hear Linda sing "Her fellas gonna kill me? Oh 
> > fucking will he!
> > Should it have been Doctor Janie and Miss,Ms or Mrs Jane ?or something 
> > like that ?
> > > > 
> >
> Exactly. A woman singing "who is she/I'll rape it"?? What's wrong with
> this picture?
> 
> Sherry
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It's all that androgyny (sp.?) and shit.  Plus who cares?  It sounded great
(only to some, I will admit).  And to those who didn't like it, whose opinions
I value especially when they kind of analyze their feelings and make for some
very good postings, I wonder how many saw the original Who lineup live.  

I put the relative quality of any performance in that context.  It was the
real thing.  Anything else is just a nod to that former greatness, and should
be dealt with as such....   In other words, Linda Perry singing that, to me,
is the same as the Who singing their earlier stuff with the different 
drummer, adding the keyboards, changing the guitar sound all around, adding 
the extra guitar, all the brass, the backing singers, etc. etc. etc. etc.

Once you get off the main track I think anything is fair game... If it 
sounds good to the ear of a lot of beholders... I didn't know the
Linda Perry thing was played a lot on the air .  I only ever heard it once...
Live...

JW