Re: all this bickering...

[abubbica@interport.net]

On 27 Oct 1995, Andrew Burton wrote:

> >To me Sell Out sums up a vision I had of this psychedelic 
> >London of that era - Mods and Rockers on those goofy little scooters, 
> >tooling around an England that never really existed except in the music 
> >of The Who. And now I can hear it even better and i am 16 years old again 
> >and my mother is still alive and the drugs hadn't turned me into a 
> >shattered hulk of a man who took years to rebuild his life.
> 
> I just read Mark DiIorio's message and I must say that it was the saving grace
> of the entire list. THIS is why I subscribe - I want to communicate with other
> people who have deep and heartfelt love for the music of the Who, as I do. It'w
> the reason I sift through all the incredibly petty BULLSHIT I've been reading
> from some of you who obviously have no lives. Come on, people, life is WAY too
> short. The Who's music is what this is about, remember? 
> 
> Andy Burton
> 
> ...another party heard from, to wit:
> 
> I just took a look at this listserv -- I subscribe to the Kinks list, among
> others -- and I just couldn't believe it.  Who really cares what beer Pete
> Townshend drank?  He would be completely disgusted with all of you to learn how
> much you obsessed about it. And who cares whether the Beatles or the Who are a
> better band?  Just listen to the MUSIC.  This is as bad as hanging out with
> Trekkers.  Get some lives, folks.  
> 
> Sharyn November
> who likes the Kinks and the Who and the Small Faces and the Beatles equally
> 
> 

AMEN!  This is about music, and that's all that there is.




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