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Who-Story



Here's a nice little story you might like...

     About 11 years ago, my nephew, Little Alex was about 1½ - 2 years 
old.  One day, I went to my brother's house.  He was a mechanic and 
promised to work on my car if I kept my eye on the kid.  No problem, 
says I.  However, my young nephew was a crazed little monkey and I 
couldn't keep him under control.  One minute he was swinging from the 
ceiling fan, the next he was hooting and screaming.  I was in above my 
head so I went to the garage to get my brother; I didn't know what to 
do.  But he did...

     He came into the house where the kid was going full tilt; jumping 
and howling and knocking stuff over.  My brother started digging through 
his video tape collection, pulled out a tape and loaded it into the VCR.  
The monkey paid no notice until the tape began and the TV lit up with 
the image of Tommy Smothers interviewing The Who on the old Smothers 
Brothers show. My little nephew stopped as if switched off like a light, 
and parked his tiny ass on the couch where he didn't budge for the 
duration of "The Kids Are Alright".  Neither did I for that matter.  I 
remember that kid staring at The Who unblinking for the entire film.  
Once the tape ended it was back to his monkey-activity, and I never 
forgot it.

In case you're interested, "The Kids" film didn't warp the lad's mind. 
He's an A-student and very bright.  He does however, get a destructive 
look in his eyes when I let him play my guitar.

A little sidenote:  It's simply fantastic to hear that a lot of younger 
people are getting into the Who.  Hell, they were considered "old farts" 
when I started listening to them in 1978.  But that doesn't matter.  
When your friends all say, "how can like them?" or "why don't you listen 
to someone more recent?", you can always reply with something like this:  
Why would I want to close my mind to good music?  Just because it's old?  
Why would I want to miss all of that enjoyment?  Besides, there just 
isn't anybody today that's as good as The Who.  Actually, there wasn't 
anybody as good as The Who then either.  

Be good all...

Jim in Chicago

"...every sentence in my head, someone else has said.  At each end of my 
life is an open door."  JAE

PS - I just read Christy's synopsis of "Sea and Sand".  Christy, I 
couldn't have said it any better.  That's another Who tune that was 
mysteriously missing from the list.  Another "love" song missing was 
"They Are All in Love".  Not the quintessential Who, but it takes me to 
places each time I hear it.

Finally, there might be a duplicate of this posting coming soon; 
disregard it.  I sent this through my work Email and it didn't show up, 
so I'm resending it.  Peace...

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