RE: The Who Mailing List Digest V7 #89

["O'Neal, Kevin W." <Kevin.ONeal@vtmednet.org>]

>From the sound of it, Pete just forgot how to write for The Who.  He tried
>basically himself.  I look at By Numbers, Who Are You, Empty Glass, Face
>Dances and Chinese Eyes as a five disc rock opera called "Petey".  It's
>about this rapidly aging rock star who once wrote "hope I die before I get
>old" and had lived to regret it.  This wasn't continued on "It's Hard"
>(except for "Athena") which was Pete's first attempt after Quadrophenia to
>write material for The Who outside of his own navel-gazing.  This is why it
>seems weird to me when people group "Face Dances" and "It's Hard" as
>similar
>albums.  To me, that's like saying "A Quick One" and "Quadrophenia" are
>similar albums.  "Face Dances" seems more a lighter, poppier version of "By
>Numbers" while "It's Hard" is another attempt to make an album that
>"preaches" such as Pete was discussing in 1968 before "Tommy".
>-Brian in Atlanta

(O'Neal, Kevin) And then the Nail got hit right on the Head!!!  Yes, the
only thing similar to Face Dances and It's Hard are that they're are
post-Moon.  Than again, some would say WAY is post-Moon as well.  Some, not
me.
BUT, (back to my point) that's why I like It's Hard.  It seems to be the
first album in a spell that Pete actually cares about.  It's like, he's
showing interest again; not only in his music, but in leading the masses.
Getting back up on his pulpit, or "preaches" is definately a good way to
look at it.

Kevin in VT (Who ordered this foot+ snow dump?)