The "Poll"Sun Dec 7 12:50:57 PST 1997

["Danehy-Oakes, Dan'l (djdaneh)" <DJDANEH@pbsrv09.isp.PacBell.COM>]

This is my first time posting to this list, be gentle. . .


First album:

The first album I ever owned was the original JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.  The 
first
album I ever bought for myself, with my own money, was JOSEPH AND THE 
AMAZING
TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.  I really liked Lloyd Webber when I was a snotty 
pre-teen.


First Who experience:

Me Mum bought me the London Symphony Orchestra production of TOMMY when it 
came out
in -- what? -- 1971, 1972, something like that.  Not much of a "Who" 
experience, but
Pete, John, and Roger _were_ all on it.


First concert:

Chicago, Allentown Fair Grounds Racetrack, Allentown PA, 1973(?).  A lot of 
you
young whippersnappers don't realize it, but they were a rock band once.


First _real_ Who experience:

When I moved out here, I met a guy who's still one of my best friends even 
though he
lives 500 miles away and I only get to see him every year or two.  We got to 
talking
music, and he was as into the Who as I, at the time, was into Chicago. 
 (We're still
around 1973 or 4 here.)  He played me a lot of stuff.  I liked a lot of it 
 -- what
impressed me most, on first hearing, though, was THE WHO SELL OUT.  I think 
my single
favorit song, at the time, was "Silas Stingy."


First Who album:

Oddly, QUADROPHENIA.  After listening at my bud's house for a while, I 
decided that
this one required a _lot_ of listening.


First Who concert:

October 1976, Oakland Colisseum.  The Who and the Grateful Dead.  I was not 
at _all_
familiar with the Dead's music at the time and was more than slightly bored.


Last concert:

The last rock concert I went to was the '89 Who tour.  I cried.  If they 
tour in
'96, I probably won't go.


Last CD:

New LIVE AT LEEDS.  I'll buy the new AQO when my current financial troubles 
are squared
away.


Loudest concert:

Nektar, 1977.  A great band.


Why Who are timeless:

Two reasons:

First, In 1973, I heard WHO'S NEXT for the first time.  In particular, I 
heard WGFA,
uncut, loud, on a good stereo.

After the instrumental break, when Roger screams YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!, 
tears came
to my eyes:  and they still do.  That one moment, for me, sums up 
*everything* rock'n'roll
has ever been, will ever be, all its potential, the dreams and hopes and 
fears of
adolescence.

Second, Pete's songwriting.


 --dan'l



The incense burned away
and the stench began to rise
and lovers now estranged
avoided catching each others' eyes