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Re: X-mass Homework



Damn this is a hard one! The one track that is my fave and means the
most to me has to be, uhhhhhhh.........................................

Well, it comes down to three, and each for their own reasons:

Listening To You
Sucsess Story
How Many Friends

Listening To You because it's a very symbolic song, for what a fan could
be feeling to a star, to what a religious person could be feeling to a
god, to what an admirer could be feeling towards a love. Or, what fans
feel about The Who:) Such as, "Listening to you, I get the music,
listening to you, I get the heat" I mean, it's all very true to heart
from one soul to another, but it isn't a love song. In a positive
relationship or postitive admiring from a far, this song applies. 

Sucess Story because it's classic Entwistle humor, not too flashy, very
subtle, but very very funny. Fairy Maneger??? Woowoo! Also the powerful
bass playing, vocals, and drumming gives it a feel like you're on a big
exciting roadtrip with a bunch of bikers on harleys. 

How Many Friends because it strikes you to the heart of how you feel
when depressed about friendships. I know earlier in the year I felt that
way about friends, how they could be so kind, and then rip you apart.
How you could count them on all one hand. This song somewhat ties in
with They're All In Love, which is another great one for all the same
reasons. Also it shows the more soothing side of Roger's vocals, great
musicianship from TEM as usual. When it comes to the powerful courus,
Roger is singing how Pete feels, which has always been the partnership
between the two. I feel that Pete could have carried the verses better
with his fragile glass voice, but it still sounds really really good.

Now, I know it's three, but they're all so good! I can't pick! Sowwy:)
~~Alex~