Personal Ravings From Working Overtime

["jim sigel" <drjimmy_mrjim@hotmail.com>]

How the Who are you all?  Good, glad to hear it.

First of all, I must say, "Dawser for President" (just stay away from my 
girlfriend!)  I think that the Tarentinophobia posting from the recent 
past was right on the money!  Nice work!

Also, I think that John Keen was right-on too when he said that Bruce 
Springsteen was over-rated.  I do disagree with John, however, about 
Brucie having any great stuff at all.  You see, I have personal reasons 
for hating The Bruce.  First of all, I hated Bruce BEFORE it was cool to 
hate Bruce.  (But seriously folks...)  When I was in high school in the 
early 80s, discussions of music used to get awful colorful when the 
argument came up over who was a better songwriter, Pete or Bruce 
Stringbean (Ron Wood's name for Springsteen).  It used to come damn 
close to punches when myself, standing alone in defense of Pete, would 
get cornered by flocks of that damn Springsteen's fans.  "Bruce's songs 
are about life, man.  They have meaning" was their battle cry.  Yeah, 
Pink Cadillac is really inspiring, isn't it?  Yeech.  I'd rather stick 
my private parts into a blender than listen to Bruce for an extended 
period of time.  Sorry to those of you who like Bruce; I'm not saying 
that Brucie is DEFINITELY shitty, I just PERSONALLY think so.  But 
enough about the draft dodging, Mr. Born in the USA.  (Please somebody 
ask why I called him a draft-dodger).

Another item of note:  Pete's sexuality.  I also agree with the person 
who said that Pete's sexuality should not be "off limits" in this 
discussion group.  I did say "who cares" in a previous post, but that's 
not to say the topic is taboo.  There are new people on this list each 
week and closing topics is not a good thing.  Actually though, I really 
don't have anything to say on the matter.  I do recall hearing Pete 
himself say that the origional article that pegged him as "coming out of 
the closet" was taken out of context.

Also, MOJO magazine:  I'll have to check, but I'll find the date of an 
old MOJO from about 3-4 years ago.  Neil Young was on the cover and 
inside there was a FANTASTIC Daltrey interview.  He pulled no punches 
and went for the bullseye on each topic.  In other words, he (in his 
usual frankness) called it the way he saw it.  At one point when asked 
about his well-publicized feelings about Kenney Jones, he flatly stated 
that he thought that Kenney should never have been in The Who. "Wow" 
says I.  As mean as that sounds, he was, ironically, very supportive of 
Kenney's abilities as a drummer.  I'll never forget the quote Rog made:  
"Putting Kenney Jones in The Who is like putting Cadillac wheel covers 
on a Rolls Royce.  Their both excellent, but they just don't match."  
(loose translation).  I heartily agree with the "little singer" as Ringo 
used to refer to Rog.  This particular issue of MOJO has a couple other 
Who related articles too.

Finally, as we've discussed great Who albums, Who Are You gets mentioned 
almost as an afterthought.  I don't know why, I think it's one of their 
best and is indicative of the next great musical plane The Who were 
about to reach before Keith went to that great Holiday Inn in the sky.  
Sorry, but one of my personal favorites of ANY Who song is "Guitar and 
Pen" and I know Who fans that hate that one.  Never could understand 
why.  All right, my ravings are complete for now.

Have a great week Who-ligans.

Jim in Chicago

"We try harder and harder trying to get our way, but it's a long, long 
way 'til Judgement Day.  So settle your affairs and take your time; 
everything in the world is yours and mine.  Yours and mine."  PT

"Could you keep it together?"  KM

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