Re: Has Pete lost it?

["Jeff House" <whocasa@hotmail.com>]

From: thewho rocks <leb905@yahoo.com>
"One of Pete's problem these days is in thinking he has to "write" songs, 
and not just let them happen.  He wants to present words instead of 
feelings, and so tends to overwork the material.  It may be harder to access 
the "channel" he uses as he gets older, but it looked like the same 
situation (being on stage in front of a Who audience)produced the same 
creative response as in earlier years.  He only needs to frame those 
feelings with music and get into the studio."

I'll agree with you, mostly.  What he needs to do is work with his best 
collaborators:  Roger and John.  The idea that Pete has to have some perfect 
Who songs together before that can happen is the block.  It is a block of 
reason, not a block of creativity that is causing the delays.  Creativity 
happens when The Who get together.  This is irrefutable.

Why can't they get together with Roger's songs, John's songs (assuming he 
has some), a few covers that Pete likes, some old reworked Who or PT songs 
and see what happens?  Is Roger's statement that "it is all down to Pete" 
the cause of the lack of activity?

Could it be that Pete's writer's block is tied up in his recovery from 
alcoholism?  Is he afraid to write without the lubrication that he always 
thought necessary to let go of his inhibitions and expose himself?

I have no answers.  I just want to see our guys work together some more.

Jeff

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