Re: Daltrey Sings Townshend

[Bogie3200@aol.com]

>OK, you know of course that The Chieftians and Pete didn't tour with
Daltrey...it was 
>just that one gig (as far as I know). I don't know about Perry, but I doubt
she did either 
>(and I hate her version of Dr Jimmy).  Secondly, adding an orchestra is
hardly "doing 
>familiar songs in a new way," in my opinion. It was like taking a Rock song
and 
>making it Easy Listening.  It was done better with the LSO on the symphony
TOMMY.

My very good friend Miss Pamela has also recently stated her hatred of Linda
Perry, but in a rare instance of disagreeing with Pam, I really enjoyed
seeing her perform Dr. Jimmy in person.  However, when listening to her on
the CD, I wasn't impressed.  And I generally like the orchestration backing
RD much better than the LSO on the symphonic Tommy, which I can never bring
myself to listen to for very long (but maybe that's due to many of the guest
vocalists).  The Chieftains stuff was interesting to see, but just like Linda
Perry's track on the CD, I find myself skipping over their two tracks as
well.

Oh well, to each is (or her) own, as they say...

Rich B.