Re: Deep Purple (no Who)

[Ian Derby <iderby19@us.net>]

> It's basically the same thing as I like about the Who that I like about 
> Deep Purple:  at their best, they were thoroughly inimitable.  For the 
> Who, that's both musically and lyrically, for Deep Purple, it's just 
> musically, while for someone like John Fogerty, it's lyrically but not 
> necessarily musically.

For once in my life (Stevie sing!) I have FINALLY come across someone 
else who understands why the WHO were so great and my personal choice as 
the greatest rock band to ever exist.  The Who can't be imitated.  I 
read/hear this stuff on how it's such a great tribute to a certain band 
that they copy your sound/style/etc.  Bullshit!  It shows that the band 
in question can be easily copied, which isn't the greatest tribute at 
all.  Now of course you can say that the greatness of a certain band is 
that none of it's imitators got it right.  Yet these copiers came close 
enough to the point that you recognized it as a direct reference to this 
band.  You know who I'm talking about, it's the same ones who are still 
worshiped on AOR (the dying breed) radio today.  Pink Floyd gave up it's 
cry of originality the second Roger Waters decided to take over.