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Re[2]: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #38
I don't think the Quad tour was mega-advertised on purpose. Townshend
has stated for years now that touring is not his cup of tea anymore!
He felt good about the success Tommy had on-stage and experimented
with the concept of putting Quad on-stage at MSG...the phenomenal
success of those shows (I saw two that week!) proved to him that he
could take it on the road for a "limeted" tour.
I traveled to NY from Boston this past summer to see TED (It was never
advertised as "The Who") because of my devotion to the band (and that
particular piece of work). I was lucky four months later when I
learned (again by word of mouth, not advertising) that Quad was coming
to Worcester, Ma. Again I saw the show and I believe even more fine
tuned than the MSG shows. I got into a quasi e-mail war with a local
DJ because he had spouted off that he was being "Forced" to go to see
The Who that night...needless to say I was outraged! He was put off
that they were just putting on these "Glamour" shows (Tommy, Quad) and
were'nt really The Who anymore. He was pissed off about "All the extra
musicians" on stage. In my opinion, the extra musicians only served to
enhance what is a "Technically" difficult musical score. I challenged
him to tell me after seeing the show if it was a waste of
time...needless to say, he reponded back the next day saying how he
was amazed at how outstanding the show was...I even got him to say
on-air that the show was great! As I told him, I guess it touched a
nerve that this original attitude was being spouted out on the
airwaves to a whole new generation of music listeners that didn't even
know who The Who were. He wasn't even giving them a chance the make
their own minds up about it. When I was 20, I never could relate to
the Generation gap (Even though Townshend had sung to me about it),
but now that I'm older, I really do recognize it. I don't know if I
can relate to what the younger kids are dealing with now. I realize
this is a whole differnt discussion for another time! I've rambled
long enough now....We get hungover but we always survive it...
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