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Re: The Who: in their own Words
- Subject: Re: The Who: in their own Words
- From: THRH79B@prodigy.com (MS KELLY D GILES I)
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 21:24:29, -0500
Hi KLP! (Kelp?!)
>My favorite is In Thier Own Words. It
>has a great amount of group psyche info in it. You get to know
their
>opinions on many subjects. It was rather disheartening for me when
I first
>read it in '79. I was 14, had been a fan for 4 years only and had
them up
>on this very high pedestal before I read that book.
The Who: in their Own Words was my very first Who book, and remains a
favorite. I picked it up at a secondhand bookstore in Denton, Texas
while on a family vacation. I was 14 and a half at the time, exactly
one year after I started listening to the Who. I didn't know much
about the Who as people at that time, so I found it very interesting
(especially for a quote book, something I usually don't like).
>After finishing I
>realized that they were cynical, self-absorbed and all around
chauvinist
>pigs. In essence I realized that my gods were human.
I can't say I had any important revelations like that...although I
DID realize that a bird is not just a feathery thing that flies
around and eats worms. (Although it took me a while longer to work
out exactly what else that might be!)
- -Yellow "And a right fine bird she is, too" Ledbetter