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Re: Smashing Guitars
Jose Ortiz wrote:
<<I am not Sigmund Freud, but I believe I found the inner motive in
Pete's mind for smashing guitars. Why smashing guitars? That's a
weird behaviour, is it?
Well, my interpretation is as follows. I think Pete found
(subconsciously?) a way of performing a total offering to the
audiences by mimicking the breaking of the glass after that special
toss...>>
Interesting thoughts. Who shows at the height of their live performance career
(69-73 or so) were extremely emotionally charged events. The smashing of a
guitar always seemed to me to be a means to unequivocally communicate in a very
physical manner that the show was OVER. Having been fortunate enought to have
attended several smashings, I found it a "fulfilling" experience.
I remember discussing this issue once with someone (who had never seen The Who)
who was berating Townshend's wastefulness. All I could say was "You just don't
understand."
J.