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- Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #206
- From: Pamela A Smith <pambo417@ptd.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:44:02 -0400
The Who Mailing List Digest wrote:
>
> The Who Mailing List Digest
> Friday, August 15 1997Volume 04 : Number 206
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: What I think of the Who
> MY TWO ENGLISH POUNDS
> "That word" in "It's In You"
> The Who In Atlanta
> Re: The Quite One
> Essential albums
> Re: Essential albums
> Images From Aug 9th Show
> Re: Images From Aug 9th Show
> Real Me
> Band Interaction
> Ringo CD/Backing Bands
> I Never Get An Answer....
> Looking for Montreal friends
> Re: I Never Get An Answer....
> Glitter vs Proby and Idol vs Waters
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 20:40:29 -0400 (EDT)
> From: ZABEACH@aol.com
> Subject: Re: What I think of the Who
>
> Your words hit it right on the head. I am 29 and saw TKAA. I was hooked
> immediately. I have since seen them in 82,89,96, and 97 and the past show at
> NISSAN PAVILLION was the best Ive seen them ever. I too had the opportunity
> to meet JOHN at a showing of his artwork in DC. I wish I could express to him
> how much the WHO's music has ment to me but I managed to get out of my mouth
> how his playing has only gotten better w/ age, he remarked how this tour has
> been great practice for him and then I shook his hand and left w/ one of his
> pieces signed by him. The reason the WHO really hooked me is the passion
> they emit and the honesty in PETE's lyrics. The power in The WHO's music has
> keeped me going more than once. The thing I really admire about PETE's
> writing is he writes honestly about what is happening now in his life. Not
> like the stones who seem to be trapped into writing about the same things
> over and over. MY GENERATION and SLIT SKIRTS are great examples of his work
> at different points in his life. The WHO's music has a song for every mood I
> have and I can always count a lyric of PETE's to pick me up when I'm down,
> get me charged full of adrenline when I feel on top of the world, and just
> plain get me thinking about the different stages in life and preparing for
> it. I only wish that one day I could meet both ROGER and PETE to thank them
> for making my world a more happier place. I really hope this tour will not
> be the end to the WHO's live playing. Their music is too strong not to do
> it again.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:07:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: PAULJNORT@aol.com
> Subject: MY TWO ENGLISH POUNDS
>
> I was at the Nissan (VA) show and two nights later at the Va. Beach show,
> and I have been so pleased to read some of the other reviews by fellow fans
> which have basically echoed my impressions and feelings about the
> performances, tho one of the things about Pete's performance which thrills me
> almost as much as the windmills, etc. which nobody has mentioned , is the
> quality and strength of that man's singing voice! What power and passion and
> yearning is still in his heart and lungs--virtually undiminished . I live
> in Md., and I am wrestling with an urge to catch a plane down to WPB for
> Saturday's show----can anybody give me odds of getting even a lawn seat down
> there if I decide to go at the last minute??? WHO CARES! Jeff.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:31:52 -0400
> From: briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)
> Subject: "That word" in "It's In You"
>
> Remember I asked about Roger singing "titch" instead of "bitch" in "It's
> In You" a/k/a/ "Virginia" on the new "Face Dances" CD? It turns out that
> is what he is singing although the word is properly spelled "tich."
> Here's the definition from Patridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and
> Uncoventional English:
>
> Tich. A nickname given to any small man. E.g. 'Tich'
> Freeman, Kent's googly bowler. It has also, since circa
> 1925, been a nickname conferred by females upon a female.
>
> Thanks must go to Max the Mod for pointing this out to me. He also said
> the name comes up in the 60's teen band Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
>
> -Brian in Atlanta
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 21:23:08 -0400
> From: briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)
> Subject: The Who In Atlanta
>
> So I finally get to write a review of a Who show instead of just reading
> about it. Yes it$BCT(J my first time to see them together since $BC(J9! Here
> goes:
>
> THE APPROACH
> Now here$BCT(J the weird thing. About a week ago I went to the website of
> Z93 (the
> local classic rock station). They had a contest for John$BCT(J art show and
> also a page for "we$BCM(Jl play 12 of your favorite songs. List them below."
> So, of course, I sent in a list of 12 Who songs. I heard nothing.
>
> On Wednesday, Max the Mod and I are driving to the show followed by the
> Vidra brothers from Ohio. When we stop, Dan yells out, "quick, turn on
> Z93, they$BCS(Je talking about you!" So we turn it on and they$BCS(Je playing my
> Who songs and saying between each song, "These Who classics are brought
> to you by Brian Cady!"
>
> THE GET-TOGETHER
> The Firehouse, which I had picked for the get-together, was packed.
> Every few
> minutes, another person would come up saying, "are you guys on the list?"
> So many people were there, it could have been a convention! It
> shouldn$BCU(J have been an hour meeting, it should have been 2 days minimum!
> RW Nomad and Bernd and Chris Hinkle of Chris$BC(JWho links and Shannon and
> Liz and Dana and on and on. Sorry if I didn$BCU(J mention you. There were
> just so many Who fans around me I went nuts! At 7:45pm, we marched out
> toward Lakewood Amp with me carrying my homemade Who flag (black with
> "The Who" logo from the Leeds poster). We could have been a mod army off
> to take on the rockers.
>
> THE OPENING ACT
> As we marched across we could hear the opening act, Drivin$BC(Jand Cryin$BCî(J
> already
> playing. I had heard they wanted a longer set since they come from here
> so the
> start time was pushed back. But first, souvenirs! T-shirts and a
> program please. But they had no mouse pads! I hope someone sells them
> over the Internet later.
>
> Drivin$BC(Jand Cryin$BC(Jplayed very well. The singer looked a little like
> Gerard
> Depardieu in a track suit but he played guitar much better. Obviously,
> the
> drummer idolizes Stewart Copeland as he had chosen to look just like him.
> Their material was good, but as an old-time Who fan, my one complaint
> was that they had absolutely no stage presence. Come on, fellas, work
> the
> crowd!
>
> QUADROPHENIA
> The Who explode out with Pete blazing away on electric. Wow, electric
> from the top! But he soon went to his hollow body acoustic and, you
> know, I didn$BCU(J miss his electric a bit. His arm was pumping back and
> forth across those strings like any second he$BCE(J reduce it to kindling.
> Roger took the stage and held it. But it was different. He was an
> actor now, sunk into the character of this teenage mod. More surprising
> was Pete$BCT(J acting during "Cut My Hair." He used his body and face as
> well as his guitar to capture the anger at the heart of the song. Why
> hasn$BCU(J anyone cast him in something?
>
> >>From all the things I$BCE(J read and heard about P.J. Proby, I wasn$BCU(J
> expecting
> much. But he was rather good. The facial hair threw me $BAU(Jho. I thought
> the full moon must have come up. Oh and Proby looking as if he$BCT(J about
> to sing the first words as Roger buts in is a deliberate effect. Roger
> is
> supposed to be singing from the audience and Proby looks taken aback
> at this Mod upstart lecturing him from the pit. Later on "I$BCW(Je Had
> Enough,"
> Proby came out dressed as Elvis with a guitar with "Elvis" on it. Have
> they
> been doing that through the tour? I hoped it was a dig at all the Elvis
> hysteria we$BCS(Je going through this week.
>
> I loved the film leading into "Helpless Dancer" showing the Queen waving
> intercut with miners going down into the pit. One gets so used to
> politically
> cynical rock that being confronted by a heartfelt statement is
> breathtaking.
> Roger seemed to me to be having a hard time with the high notes, but
> he puts so much of himself into it, that it affects you more than other
> singers. Pete$BCT(J voice was "pure and easy."
>
> What can I say about John$BCT(J solo in "5:15" that hasn$BCU(J already been said?
> I liked the build up with John just plucking slowly on the top string,
> teasing
> the audience and then, woosh! away he goes! "Drowned" was moving,
> especially with Pete$BCT(J additional lines, "I want to drown! I don$BCU(J want
> to die! I don$BCU(J want to die before I get old!"
>
> "The Rock" is Simon and Zac$BCT(J showpiece. Simon made the guitar sing
> through the "Helpless Dancer" theme, all the while making faces at the
> audience. Look out Pete, your brother$BCT(J coming up right behind you.
> Zac then takes over. At this point I realize I haven$BCU(J paid the
> attention
> to Zac I should have. But there was too much going on! And that folks,
> is exactly the feeling you used to get with the old Who. Pete finished
> up
> with "Love, Reign O$BCF(Jr Me" and took the stage back from Simon.
>
> THE ENCORE
>
> We got the short version of the standard encore. "Won$BCU(J Get Fooled
> Again," "Behind Blue Eyes," "Substitute," "Who Are You" and "I Can$BCU(J
> Explain." During ICE, Pete windmilled violently and somehow hit his
> shirt
> and tore the thing off! It was torn out from under the coat and was
> crumbled
> around his waist. He tore it off and for once it was Pete, not Roger
> with
> the bare chest on stage (Roger was in a tank top). At the end of the
> show
> as he was walking off he gave us a tit flash.
>
> Before that, as he was introducing the band, Roger knelt down and began
> untangling his microphone cord from Pete$BCT(J. Pete stopped the
> introduction
> and said "what the hell are you doing?" Roger yelled back, "someone$BCT(J
> got
> to tidy up the stage!" Pete replied "it$BCT(J because you$BCW(Je got to be
> f**ing
> moving around" and laughed. Pete also made some remark about "Austin
> Powers" but I didn$BCU(J catch it. Anybody know what he said?
>
> Everyone seemed in good spirits despite the oppressive humidity. Pete
> said,
> "thank you for coming out here and sweating with us." By now the
> humidity had caused a letter or two to droop on my flag but I waved it
> anyway as Pete, John and Roger put their arms around each other$BCT(J
> shoulders.
> I looked up at the monitor and their was my flag waving back and forth
> on the big screen superimposed over their faces! A great personal ending
> to 24 years of seeing The Who.
>
> - -Brian in Atlanta
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 03:21:33 GMT
> From: kob1@ix.netcom.com (Kevin B. O'Brien)
> Subject: Re: The Quite One
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 12:31:59 -0500, Bill Lukas <drjimmy@htp.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Which ever one of you belives that someone should not be allowed to=20
> >scream to a friend during the concert,,,, is a homo.=20
>
> Damn, are we letting children in here again? I really think we
> should insist on a mental age of at least 10 before subscribing to
> this list.
>
> - --=20
> Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL
> kob1@ix.netcom.com
> "A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and
> kill something." -- Stephen Leacock
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 97 10:59:13 BST
> From: Arthur White <whit-li0@library.paisley.ac.uk>
> Subject: Essential albums
>
> I know we all love the Who soooo much, but i thought id start a new
> thread here (cos im sicksicksick of hearing reviews of recent shows)
> nah only kidding. Anyway if every1 posted an essential album title
> for a record collection it would be interesting, then we'd all
> go out and buy them and have the Complete Record collection
> There probably will be a few duplicates but.......
> Here's mine
> Brian Eno & David Byrne
> My Life In the Bush of Ghosts
>
> p.s. all Who albums ARE essential!!
> Arthur in Scotland
> "The world is a vampire" - Smashing Pumpkins
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 06:51:12 -0700
> From: Robert LaTerra <rlaterra@mill-max.com>
> Subject: Re: Essential albums
>
> Arthur White wrote:
> >
> > i thought id start a new thread here. Anyway if every1 posted an > essential album title
> > for a record collection it would be interesting, then we'd all
> > go out and buy them and have the Complete Record collection
> > There probably will be a few duplicates but.......
> > Here's mine
> > Brian Eno & David Byrne
> > My Life In the Bush of Ghosts
> >
> > p.s. all Who albums ARE essential!!
> > Arthur in Scotland
> > "The world is a vampire" - Smashing Pumpkins
>
> Here's mine:
>
> U.K. by U.K. (w/Allan Holdsworth & Bill Bruford)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:58:41 -0400
> From: "Blair M. Cummings" <blair@infi.net>
> Subject: Images From Aug 9th Show
>
> I have posted a few images from the Virginia Beach show at
>
> http://www.mdb.net/who
>
> They are not the best images, but it might give you folks that didn't get a
> chance to see them a better idea of what it was like to see the greatest
> band alive!
>
> Have fun
>
> Blair
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 08:23:02 -0400
> From: "Blair M. Cummings" <blair@infi.net>
> Subject: Re: Images From Aug 9th Show
>
> Oops, Sorry everyone, Try this
>
> http://www.mdb.net/who.htm
>
> Blair
>
> At 07:58 AM 8/15/97 -0400, Blair M. Cummings wrote:
> >I have posted a few images from the Virginia Beach show at
> >
> >http://www.mdb.net/who
> >
> >They are not the best images, but it might give you folks that didn't get a
> >chance to see them a better idea of what it was like to see the greatest
> >band alive!
> >
> >Have fun
> >
> >Blair
> >
> >
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> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 06:38:52 PDT
> From: "Kevin Cherry" <kmcherry@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Real Me
>
> It was WASP -- and it is availible on two of their CD's, including
> their greatest hits.
>
> I was in a store and checked it out--not like I own them . . .
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
> From: WHOISH@aol.com
> Subject: Band Interaction
>
> Kirk posted:
>
> <<Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:24:40 -0400 (EDT)
> From: KIRKA@aol.com
> Subject: Charlotte, Atlanta, Art
>
> Biggesy memory of the two shows, the guys have matured past the bullshit kid
> stage of competing for everything. Yeah competition has it's place, but
> these guys are 50 year old professionals. They've learned to put their ego
> in a resonable place and give themselves to the bigger entity, the music. I
> enjoy their solo projects as it shows different sides of each member, but The
> Who is a band and I'm so glad to see that they finally figured that out(like
> I'm some music scholar?). Interacting like a band was definitely the high
> point for me.>>
>
> I agree. This is the first time I've seen Pete having a truly good time,
> accepting/enjoying his role. And of course, his mood affects the rest of the
> band, the performance, the audience, etc. I hope this observation so many of
> us are making translates into something concrete: new artistic collaboration,
> more shows, something...Would be a major drag to think this is the end, now
> that we're all so pumped up!
>
> Veronika
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:51:12 -0400
> From: Marc/Carolyn Hurwitz <MHurwitz@compuserve.com>
> Subject: Ringo CD/Backing Bands
>
> I've noticed some confusion here between two of the All-Starr Bands.
>
> Burton Cummings toured with Ringo, Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Todd Rundgren=
>
> and probably a few others in 1992, whither comes RINGO AND HIS ALL-STARR
> BAND VOL. TWO on Rykodisc. Cummings did "American Woman" and "No Time".
>
> Randy Bachman, OTOH, toured with Ring, Mark Farner of Grand Funk, Billy
> Preston, the Ox and Felix Cavaliere in 1995--I think. It was the third
> incarnation of the All-Starr Band. The 1997 tour was the fourth (and the=
>
> worst, IMHO <g>).
>
> So yeah, Bachman and Farner play together. Sounds pretty good! Loved "Y=
> ou
> Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet".
>
> Oh, and for Beatles fans, Ringo does his only live take to date of "I Wan=
> na
> Be Your Man". It kicks, too.
>
> - --Carolyn
> "Nothing is Everything..."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:51:20 -0400
> From: Marc/Carolyn Hurwitz <MHurwitz@compuserve.com>
> Subject: I Never Get An Answer....
>
> Can anyone out there help with some of these questions?
>
> 1. What songs were played on the encore at Bristow, VA? I had to leave
> early and only caught the first few bars of "Magic Bus". Sorry I missed
> it. :-(
>
> 2. Will the remasters of ODDS & SODS and TKAA have bonus tracks, and if
> so, which ones?
>
> 3. When is MY GENERATION going to be remastered & released?
>
> 4. What about the tracks that still haven't shown up on remastered CD in=
>
> the States, like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", the live "Baby Don't You Do
> It", etc.?
>
> OK, guess that's it for now. Thanks!
>
> - --Carolyn
> "It don't really happen that way at all..."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:04:18 PDT
> From: "Emily Schiff" <doctorjimmy@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Looking for Montreal friends
>
> I am looking for people whom I met at the Montreal show on July 28. I
> have all my pics developed and would like to offer them to those people.
>
> Emmee
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 18:24:59 -0400
> From: briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)
> Subject: Re: I Never Get An Answer....
>
> Well here's what I know.
>
> >3. When is MY GENERATION going to be remastered & released?
>
> No time soon. Shel Talmy still has the master tapes in his greedy little
> fist trying to find some way to milk more money out of the band.
>
> >4. What about the tracks that still haven't shown up on remastered CD
> >in the States, like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", the live "Baby Don't You
> >Do It", etc.?
>
> I don't know but I hope soon. The live "Baby Don't You Do It" is my
> absolutely favorite live Who track.
>
> -Brian in Atlanta
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:33:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jennifer Lee Davies <jen@nt.net>
> Subject: Glitter vs Proby and Idol vs Waters
>
> Probably the last reminder of the poll I'm taking.
> If you've seen a show from both legs of the Quad tour, e-mail me
> privately and tell me who you preferred in the roles of the Godfather and
> Ace Face. Results will be posted August 23, so you have until then to cast
> your vote.
> Thanx!
>
> JenniferD
> My Guitar __ ____ http://www.nt.net/~jen/
> \---\____________/ - \ "I can't wait to do some [explitive]
> :::=====================I | singing. I'm [explitive] sick of
> /---/ \__ - ____/ all this talking." -Roger Daltrey
>
> ------------------------------
>
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