Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V5 #272

[DrJimmy <drjimmy@iamdigex.net>]

The Who Mailing List Digest wrote:

> The Who Mailing List Digest
>  Sunday, December 20 1998 Volume 05 : Number 272
>
> In this issue:
>
>         WHO BOX UNEARTHED IN STORAGE
>         punctuation debate; Face Dances
>         Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V5 #271
>         All the Best Cowboys.....
>         Re: 2 shocking things
>         Re: All the Best Cowboys.....
>         Re: punctuation debate; Face Dances
>         Who Pop
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:43:21 -0800 (PST)
> From: thesonics@earthlink.net (jay siekierski)
> Subject: WHO BOX UNEARTHED IN STORAGE
>
> j 5:15 here just found these.
>
> The Who: Join Together 2 CD boxset with book. MINT. Out Of Print. $35
> The Who: Rolling Stone Magazine October 1978. The Who on cover. Cover
> story: WHY DON'T THEY DO IT ON THE ROAD? huge 5 page article with great
> pixs. Totally in tact, minor age wear. Sealed in plastic sleeve. In storage
> since '80. $20
> The Who: Join Together: Rarities. 1982 Australian Polydor import first
> print LP. Cover & vinyl are MINT. Unsealed/in plastic sleeve. $20
> The Who: TALKIN' BOUT THEIR GENERATION. U.K. Pix disc CD. Out Of print. $30
>
> The Sonics All Music Site. All Music: CD Reviews, Interviews, Live Reviews
> etc... http://home.earthlink.net/~thesonics
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:08:47 -0500 (EST)
> From: William Spencer Watson <wswatson@indiana.edu>
> Subject: punctuation debate; Face Dances
>
> Alan wrote:
>
> > > I think "may I be matched with you again" is punctuated by a "." not a "?";
> > > it's a prayer, not a question, like "may God bless us every one" shouldn't
> > > have a question mark.  Anyone else care to weigh in?
>
> Mark wrote:
> >
> > Alan:
> >
> > In context with the rest of the song, my thinking is a question mark.
> > It's more like a plea: "I know the match is bad, but God help me..." I
> > don't think "God help me" would be here IN THIS WAY if it was prayer.
> > Besides, while the Big G may be with us every day...I don't know about
> > going out to eat and the other elements of the song...
>
> I checked the lyrics on the album sleeve and there is no punctuation.
> After singing it to myself a few times I came to this conclusion:  it
> makes no difference whether a period or a question mark is used.  The
> meaning is not significantly altered switching from one to the other.  If
> anything I might be tempted to use an exclamation point!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
>
> >
> > >  So, what's wrong with FACE DANCES ?
>
> Mark wrote:
> >
> > Derick:
> >
> > The writing is among the weakest of Pete's career, he was trying to take
> > the band to a more "Pop" sound, Kenny Jones is merely a good drummer,
> > Pete seems to have misplaced his guitar on most of the songs...
> > It's not bad compared to other bands, but for The Who it's one of the
> > worst IMHO. AQO would be the other. The Who just don't do Pop well, I
> > guess.
> >
> I agree with most of this.  "Cache Cache," "Did You Steal My Money," "How
> Can You Do It Alone" and maybe "Daily Records" are all pretty weak by Who
> standards.  I sort of like the spare guitar sound but the drums are poorly
> produced and poorly played.  Kenny has always struck me as sounding so
> stiff, though I do think he sometimes sounded pretty good live.  I also
> think AQO is one of the slighter albums.  Hell, I'll just rank them all
> right now, the ten proper studio albums from best to worst:
>
> 1. Quadrophenia
> 2. Who's Next
> 3. Tommy
> 4. The Who by Numbers (always the most underrated)
> 5. My Generation
> 6. Who Are You
> 7. The Who Sell Out (I bet most of you would have this higher)
> 8. Face Dances (but it's my favorite album cover!)
> 9. It's Hard (plenty of decent songs, it's the production that's crap)
> 10. A Quick One (not enough good songs)
>
> Anybody know what happened to Rabbit in '82 and why the temporary switch
> to Tim Gorman?  I never liked that cheesy It's Hard-era synthesizer
> sound....The best thing about The Who is that all of these albums are
> good, even the last few.
>
> Bill Watson
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:13:47 EST
> From: WanChef@aol.com
> Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V5 #271
>
>   Janice here....
> Wishing all of you a very Christmas & thanking you for all those songs of love
> & surgery recovery! I am all healed - yeah!
>   Was Grasing the cards at Hallmark this year, love the Grinch stuff! Its
> about time us WHO people got some cards suited to us! HAHA
>    "Listen to the music and hoopla and singing, to beeegle horns blowing and
> bongle bells ringing!"
>     "Feast on the Feastiest holiday treats, from the tasiest tastes to the
> sweetest of sweets!"
>     "Laugh and make merry, be happy and WHO- like, spend time with the people
> who like you &  and you like!
>                                      Have a Very Merry Grinchmas!!
>                              Love to all.......Janice - wanchef@aol.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 17:55:45 EST
> From: QUIET1905@aol.com
> Subject: All the Best Cowboys.....
>
> Hello everyone,
> I heard that All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes was going to be re-
> released in January.  Can anyone verify this?  Thank you in advance.  Happy
> Holidays.
>
> ~Samantha
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 20:59:02 -0600
> From: "Rene Bos" <renebos@prodigy.net>
> Subject: Re: 2 shocking things
>
> Happy to hear nobody on this list could confirm. So I presume that -as I
> wrote-:
> >>The guy who posted it said "he'd heard it from a reliable
> >> source, but confirmed it was just a rumour which might not be true after
> >> all".
> so no point in being more specific; I do not want to be responsible for
> spreading a rumour which is just rumour apparently/luckily.
> fyi: "The guy" mentioned above is not to blame - he just posted what he had
> heard. So forget it, I'm glad to say.
>
> a request, I have Pete's Scoop, which I like a lot; but I don't have Another
> Scoop. Can anybody mail me what on it. I'm trying to put together a CDr with
> real singer/songwriter Pete Townshend songs, that is including Pete
> singing/playing what I'd like to call the "skeleton" of some Who-songs.
> Scoop contains a lot of them. Does "Another Scoop" as well? Suggestions
> welcome too.
> Tanx!!
>
> cheers, Rene
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph <joseph9@home.com>
> To: Rene Bos <renebos@prodigy.net>
> Cc: TheWho@igtc.com <TheWho@igtc.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: 2 shocking things
>
> >Rene Bos wrote:
> >
> >
> >> bad shocking: Roger Daltrey's health !!!
> >> please somebody on this list -which I only joined recently so you might
> all
> >> know the sad news- please tell me it's not true and tell me Roger is
> >> fine!!!!!!!!! The guy who posted it said "he'd heard it from a reliable
> >> source, but confirmed it was just a rumour which might not be true after
> >> all".
> >
> >
> > Hello Rene:
> >
> > Other than your above announcement, I have never heard this news about
> >Roger yet, and until you can be a bit more specific, it could'nt be that
> >bad in regards to Roger.
> > Any Who fan here probably knows that Roger Daltrey is going to live to
> >be 130!  He was always by FAR more health conscious than any other Who
> >member during the '70s and  from his appearance during his appearances
> >since then he's always been in top form physically as well as musically.
> >
> >
> > Joseph
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 03:03:51 -0500 (EST)
> From: William Spencer Watson <wswatson@indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: All the Best Cowboys.....
>
> On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 QUIET1905@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > I heard that All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes was going to be re-
> > released in January.  Can anyone verify this?  Thank you in advance.  Happy
> > Holidays.
> >
> > ~Samantha
> >
> Great!  Hopefully we'll get some bonus tracks like "Man Watching" and
> "Dance it Away."
>
> Bill Watson
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:31:49 -0500
> From: Brian Cady <cadyb@home.com>
> Subject: Re: punctuation debate; Face Dances
>
> Bill Watson wrote:
>
> > Anybody know what happened to Rabbit in '82 and why the temporary switch
> > to Tim Gorman?
>
> That was the new teetotaler Who.  Pete was
> just coming off his 1979-1981 "lost weekend"
> and Kenney was also on the wagon, so they
> wanted a keyboard player who had fewer
> similarities to fish when it came to
> drinking.
>
> BTW, for my tastes, "It's Hard" will always
> be the most underrated Who LP.  I certainly
> listen to it a lot more than "By Numbers."
> And I know how unpopular my opinion is, but I
> can't help it.  MY WHO IS NOT YOUR WHO!
>
>                 -Brian in Atlanta
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:46:47 -0500
> From: "Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>
> Subject: Who Pop
>
> > And yet I'd classify "The Who Sell Out" as
> > being mostly pop music and that's one of
> > their best.
>
> Brian:
>
> You're right, of course. I tend not to think of SO as Pop somuch as
> psychedelic music, but in this case it IS Pop. Hendrix, on the other
> hand...
>
> > I think you're right about "Face
> > Dances," though.  The sound is very thin
> > because of Kenney's style and Pete's lack of
> > guitar playing.  Even (gasp) some horns or
> > more keyboards could have helped the thin
> > sound.
>
> I'd also say it bothers me that it's so completely polished. Even WN (as
> perfect as it is) isn't so smooth and clean as FD. That can be laid at
> Mxylplytx...uh, that is, Szymczyk's door.
>
> > As for the songs, I'm afraid they
> > would have sounded better as Pete solo songs
> > (again gasp).
>
> No, you're right. Pete's solo sound IS more Pop, generally. Although there
> are plenty of songs (especially on WHITE CITY) I think would have made
> perfect Who songs. Give Blood, Brilliant Blues, and how about Stardom
>
> > with producer Bill Szmanzik (spelling is wrong)
>
> Jim:
>
> Hey, don't feel bad...I had to look it up. Now his name is one which would
> break the best spelling-bee winner! I can't even begin to guess how it's
> pronounced. "Shizzzmik?"
>
> ------------------------------
>
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