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Re: Face Dances/It's Hard



>Funnily enough I was quite into Kenney Jones, mainly because I was a huge
>fan of the Faces (can I mention that on the Who list?). Nonetheless, I felt
>that when Keith died The Who died with him. I listened to those two albums
>and was impressed that they had tried to change their style, but I just
>didn't *enjoy* them. Of course I went through the old
>'I've-got-all-the-others-so-I've-got-to-have-these' routine, but decided
>that was bullshit. To be honest I'd begun to have my doubts with 'Who Are
>You', but those last two albums - and the superiority of Pete solo on 'Empty
>Glass' and (especially) 'Chinese Eyes' - sealed it for me. 
>
>Mike
>
I couldn't agree more. To me the Who and Keith Moon died at the same time,
period, IMHO. I even basically stopped collecting post-Moon Who.

There might be something psychological at work here, though. I was married
on September 7, 1980 on the second anniversary of Keith's death.