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Re: Roger rises to it
- Subject: Re: Roger rises to it
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 22:24:49 -0400
At 09:31 PM 07/17/96 -0400, Biggsk@aol.com wrote:
> From then on there was no turning back except when 1975 rolled around and
>the band toured for a so-so LP and just basically did hits. They were very
>good then - but not the magical band of a few years earlier. Roger still
>sounded great but you could tell that a certain special something was missing
>- a sense of true purpose besides singing a collection of songs. The problem
>with the By Numbers tour was that they only did typically two new songs
>(Squeeze Box and Dreaming From The Waist when I saw them) as opposed to doing
>a lot of new songs (1971) and concept LP's (1970 and 1973) that also gave
>them a lot of new songs to do.
>
Hmmmmm. Interesting... However, the best Who show I ever saw was Springfield
December 1975. Better than the shows I saw in 1967, 1971 and 1973. The best
concert I've ever seen. So I kind of respectfully disagree.
Joe
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