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Re: Why I WON'T be seeing you at MSG



>I don't expect this new set of shows will differ all that much from the 1989
>set.  They will be playing Quadrophenia instead of Tommy for the first set,
>but I expect the second set will be much the same.  Mercifully the dreadful
>Mr. Bolton will be missing, but other than that it will probably be about the
>same.  So if I enjoyed the 1989 show so much, why am I not going?

Athos:

I think you might be mistaken there. Given the amount of unusual live
material they've been doing solo of late (actually, that trend began with
`89 with the inclusion of ICSFM, Join Together, and others) I think that we
will be treated to some "rare" live songs, like The Relay for instance.

>I should back up and say that I ALMOST didn't go to the 1989 show.  I'll
>admit that I was very worried.  Would "The Who Rolling Thunder Revue" make a
>mockery of the band I had loved so much for so long?  I was fairly certain it
>would.  I was also fairly certain (and, as it turns out, wrong) that this
>would be my last chance to see The Who perform together.

I felt the same way in `82, and didn't go to the show. And was skeptical as
Hell for the `89 tour but went anyway (and was pleasantly surprised and
impressed by both the RCMH show and then the Raleigh show I attended).

>I just didn't want
>the last show to leave a bad taste in my mouth.  Say you love fresh peaches,
>and you head down to the farmer's market and buy half a bushel.  For the next
>week you eat peaches on and with everything.  But by the time you get to that
>last peach, it's been sitting in the bottom of the basket for a while and has
>gotten a little mushy,
>maybe it's starting to mold a little bit.  You bite into it, and instead of
>the sweet fleshy peach you love so much you might get a mouthful of rot.  For
>the next several weeks or months, when you think of peaches you're going to
>think of that bad mouthful--not the week of pure peach joy that preceeded it.

I don't think you're giving the boys enough credit. We know that all three
are able to put on great and satisfying shows by themselves, so why would
you think that together they couldn't exceed that? They have ALWAYS been
better together, performancewise.



                   Cheers                   ML

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."  L. Long