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Learning curve; Agreeing with Keets a lot; Hiding out




> I get the feeling that this is far too learned an anxwer, that FD was
> probably what they were looking for (or at least expecting).

Alan:

Thank you, sir. I don't mind being called "too learned" one little bit.
Besides, sometimes you have to force these DJs to learn this stuff. They
won't do it on their own.

> This came up during the 1994 DST tour.  Pete announced it'd be all right
with
> him if Daltrey/Entwistle/Simon Townshend/Zac Starkey called themselves
The Who. 

Brian:

What a gentleman!

> Besides that, it's a great collection of photos which every Who fan
should
> own.

Mick:

It's just too durned short! it lacks what does make BIGO great: DETAILS!

> Likely he could have done a little better if he'd spent some time setting
it 
> up.

Keets:

I agree completely. That is what was lacking, even during the QUAD tour.
Much as I hate businessmen (even being one myself, I GUESS), I think
someone more qualified should have been in charge of publicity.

> At that time, he had no idea that the Quad tours were coming up. 
Actually 
> I'm under the impression that this tour set up Quad.  He did some songs
from 
> it that hadn't been heard for a while.

I think this is true. Rog got Pete's attention, shall we say.

> You have to invest a certain amount up front to get things started, and I

> think Roger did this with the DST tour.  TED are sort of on a roll now
with 
> the Quad tours and hopefully they'll continue with Lifehouse.  If there's

> too much of a time lapse in between, then interest will drop off and
people 
> will forget about them again.

Absolutely. It's that damned gap again. Be it albums or tours, they need to
stay in the public eye. The Lifehouse 2000 project will help, but they MUST
take advantage of it ASAP! Before they DO get "old." Too old to do it, that
is.

> Snob.

Guilty! At least where Rock music is concerned.

> There's nothing at all wrong with orchestras.  They just need good 
> music to play.

Yes, but there's music and there's music. I've had an excellent symphonic
CD in my store called KASHMIR, which was (obviously) a tribute to Zep. And
it works very well, because it's not traditional symphonic interpretation.
The Daltrey tour was. There was a distinct lack of creativity in the
arrangements. And while I'm sure many people reading this really enjoyed
it, I wouldn't have. At all. I actually felt Rog was exploiting the music
and making the notion that this music was only good as an "oldies show"
even stronger...something that offends me personally. Some things are
sacred. Some things need to stay pure. I didn't like PT using horns on the
Deep End tour, either. I mean...in their place, fine...but you've heard the
end of the 89 live version of Pinball Wizard, haven't you? What the Hell is
THAT??? "Ba-da-DA-da"...JEE-ZUZ!

> I dunno.  They don't seem to have much respect for anybody.

Petty is on top of the heap, though. He can do pretty much whatever he
wants at this point. He's a golden boy. "It's good to be king..."

> You might think that, but then there are all kinds of creative people out

> there.  As long as there are differences, people can look at something
and 
> come up with a new take on it.

OK, I'll grant you that...so where are they? Hiding out (had to say it)?
They sure as Hell aren't on the radio or MTV or VH1. All I hear is this
combined with that and it's all gone in 6 months.


                       Cheers                                        ML

Used stupid lyrics:

"We're coming to your town/We're gonna party down..."
                                                                    Mark
Farner