Re: Roger interview in Manchester Online

["andrew wiechman" <Jovar1701v@email.msn.com>]

"Pete
> doesn't seem to feel he'd ever write it anymore and I don't think his ego
would let him play anything I'd written. I'm not
> complaining, I have a very nice life and I do things I want to do but The
Who is very special to me. It doesn't seem to be so
> special to him."

     Well unfortunately we may have to rely on John for any and all new
material.  I still think they should mine the vaults of the unreleased
material.  Whatever happened to that magazine promotion for a re-re-release
of Tommy, Quad, and TKAA w/ bonus tracks?
drew w
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Cady <cadyb@home.com>
To: Scott's list <oddsandsods@thewho.net>; Paul's Who List
<TheWho@igtc.com>; Daltrey list <daltrey@thewho.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:47 AM
Subject: Roger interview in Manchester Online


> Available on line at:
>
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/Entertainment/liverevdel.cfm?newsurl=livem
usic/27news.html
>
> The Who - still showing how it's done
> FOR my money, at their peak The Who were the best live rock band in the
world. But that was then and this is now - even the most
> fervent old fan must surely harbour at least a few doubts about their
upcoming Greatest Hits Live tour, especially with the
> re-issued version of This Is Spinal Tap still in the cinemas.
>
> After all, bassist John Entwistle is virtually stone-deaf these days, Pete
Townshend apparently prefers editing other people's
> poetry to writing his own new songs and singer Roger Daltrey appears very
much the gentleman farmer, who's prepared to go out on the
> road with namby-pamby concepts like the British Rock Symphony, for
heaven's sake!
>
> Nonetheless, reports of their recent gigs in America have been pretty
enthusiastic and nobody could reasonably accuse 55-year-old
> Daltrey himself of lacking in enthusiasm.
>
> ''Our chemistry still cooks, we proved that with the Quadrophenia tour,''
he asserts. ''It's a gift from God that four individuals
> from the billions of people on this planet should get together and make
that noise. No matter how old we get and no matter how much
> less we're doing on-stage physically, that music retains its extraordinary
power. That's why every time I see Pete I say 'Come on,
> we've got to do something, for Christ's sake!' We've won the lottery every
day of our lives. What put us four together to make that
> noise?'' he wonders again.
>
> This does, of course, beg the question of the relatively young chap
currently manning the drum stool once so idiosyncratically
> claimed by the late Keith Moon. Zak Starkey (yep, the son of Ringo) is the
lucky man (he also plays in Johnny Marr's new ensemble)
> and Daltrey is fulsome in his praise.
>
> ''After Keith died, and this is well documented, I felt we replaced him
with the wrong drummer. I loved Kenney Jones (the former
> Face) but his style was not what we needed. Our playing is so diverse.
John's almost a lead guitarist bass, Pete is a power-chord
> lead guitarist and if you put a straight drummer down the middle it
doesn't knit together. Zak knows that. He doesn't imitate anyone
> but he's got a style that knits it together like Keith used to.
>
> ''The Who's music is weird mainly because Pete's writing came from a very
courageous part of his soul, the part most of us try to
> hide. We were listening to blues and country but he made it so English,
like an old mild and bitter.''
>
> So, does the comeback have a future in the sense that we might actually
get some new material at some point?
>
> ''We still play great together,'' he reiterates. ''But if we ever wanted
to do anything new, where would we get the material? Pete
> doesn't seem to feel he'd ever write it anymore and I don't think his ego
would let him play anything I'd written. I'm not
> complaining, I have a very nice life and I do things I want to do but The
Who is very special to me. It doesn't seem to be so
> special to him.
>
> ''I don't mind even just being a charity band, that'd suit me. If you've
got the chance then you should be doing it. That's why I've
> never wanted to stop. Keith's dead forever and that's it. But all the time
you can do it, you should be out there.''
>
> The Who, with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, plus Zak
Starkey on drums and John 'Rabbit' Bundrick on keyboards,
> play at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Thursday, November 2,
supported by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. 7.30pm. £25-£29.
> Please confirm ticket availability on 0161-930 8000.
>
>         -Brian in Atlanta
>          The Who This Month!
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>
>