JOE STRALO Must Be My Long Lost Twin!!!!

[WHO6489@aol.com]

<< Nice thread.  It really got the wheels of thought turning.  Let me preface
 this by saying that I am 30 years old, therefore just a little too young to
 remember the Keith Moon years.  When they announced their "Farewell" tour in
 1982, my parents thought that I was too young to go to a Who show (or any
 concert for that matter!)  So I spent the rest of my teen years convinced
 that I would never see my favorite band in concert.  All of that changed in
 1989 for "The Who on Ice" tour.  I waited in line for 14 hours for tickets
 to the (GIANTS STADIUM) show on July (2ND).  This was only two days after my
 other favorite band played Philadelphia-The Grateful Dead. (SORRY, NOT A 
DEAD FAN)
 
 What I am trying to say is that the favorite Who moment occurred on July 
(2ND),
 1989, when The Who took the stage to the opening chords to "Tommy."  Years
 of yearning to see The Who were over.  The excitement of experiencing them
 live for the first time was beyond anything I could put into words.  They
 played for almost 4 hours that night, and when it was all over, I was
 completely exhausted.  I couldn't have asked them for anything more.
 
 I experienced a similar moment when they took the stage on 7/18/96 at
 Madison Square Garden.(I WAS THERE TOO!)  The roar from the crowd as they 
started "I Am the
 Sea>The Real Me" was deafening.  The energy never let up.  Not for one
 second!
 
 - -Joe Stralo
  >>
     Joe, that's me right down to my age, parent's thoughts, & being at the 
MSG show!!!
That's pretty F'n cool! The only slight difference (besides what I put in 
CAPS & parenthesis) Was that I went to see The WHO 1 week before seeing my #3 
band KISS!!
(RUSH is my #2 BTW) WOW!
     Keith