Re: The Seeker

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<<Alright, I'm new to the list and have a few questions...

1. I was in Waldenbooks a couple of months back and saw a new PT biography.  
When I went back to buy it, it was GONE!!!  I think it was called "Behind
Blue 
Eyes" (I think).  Can anyone help me with the title so that I could order it?
 
Also, it is even worth ordering?!

2. Maybe this a dumb question:  On their US tour this summer, will they be 
playing Quad in its entirety (crosses fingers)?

3. I'm looking for early shows to add to my newly growing tape collection.
 Does 
anyone have any decent sounding shows, radio broadcasts (other than Maximum
BBC) 
from '64-'67?  Feedback (no pun intended!) would be greatly appreciated!!!

Okay, enough questions.  On the Beatles v.s. Who thread:

While The Beatles have had more of a cultural impact, I think that The Who
have 
had a much more profound influence on rock (AKA music).  For example, while 
Hendrix may have covered "Sgt. Pepper" and such in concert, it was Pete who 
really had a major, MAJOR influence on his sound (everybody knows the story 
about how Jimi walked into Jim Marshall's store and demanded to know what
kind 
of amps PT was using).  Not only was The Who's music influential, Townshend's

lyrics took writing to a new level.  While most rockers (and mods, heh) were 
writing about boys and girls and "teenage love," PT wrote about (and still
is) 
how awkward growing up and growing older is.  Pete was writing about reality.
 
While he might have been writing to soothe his own soul, thousands of kids
(and 
adults) could relate.  His lyrics still ring true today (after all, I'm only 
20!).  Traces of his lyrics surface in artists ranging from Elvis Costello to

Eddie Vedder and possibly even Kurt Cobain.  Anyway, that's just my 2 cents!

Speaking of Eddie Vedder, does anyone have a copy of his solo performance of
MG 
and Kids Are Alright at Carnegie Hall (didn't he trash the dressing room?  PT

must've been so proud)?

Alright, this post is long enough!  If anyone could help me out with my 
questions, please reply in private mail!  Thanks a bunch...

andrew>>
Just talk to the people at Waldens, I'm sure they can order it easily.  I
noticed the other day my local library had it, which surprised me since they
don't have much else, lol.  I love it, I"ve read it 2 times just to try to
completely understand a couple of chapters.  It is indepth and you will grow
to hate Giuliano by the end.  Anyway, I don't agree with everything he says
and I do think Richard Barne's and Dave Marsh's Who books were better.
 Behind Blues Eyes will work for me until Pete finally gets around to writing
his autobiography.  :-)  I would suggest getting it though, some nice pics
and some good details.

later,

Peggy

The
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"Don't worry smile and dance, you just can't work life out.  Dont let down
moods entrance you, just take the wine and SHOUT!!!"
           Pete Townshend    Empty Glass

"No wonder I feel wasted, I did it to myself, no wonder I've been losing
sleep, with the company I keep."
          Simon Townshend Band, Company

"The way I'm feeling now I don't know how I will survive, like this, but
that's the way it is...It's just the way it is, not the way it could be, or
the way it was, or the way is should be..."
          Simon Townshend Band,  The Way It Is