Re: Has Pete lost it?

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>pkeets,
>It is scary when you write things that I'm thinking.  We really must party 
>together some time.

Okay, it's a date.  Next Who tour, right?  You bring the wine and Schrade 
pours?  :)


>To further bolster your arguments about Pete's lyrical weaknesses, I offer 
>the following:  Horse's Neck.  This book blows IMHO.

There are a couple of stories that I really like, but most of it is 
difficult.  Like the songs, it's something you have to dig through and think 
about--Pete sort of dumped him subconscious there for you to scratch your 
head about.  ;)


>I'll offer a slightly twisted take on 'Eminence Front'.  It is about
ugly people as well as 'beautiful people'.  We are all hiding our true 
selves from each other.  This is a good thing.  If we all knew each other 
too well, we would find each other repulsive.

And there a sad little comment that the rich and famous hide from reality 
behind their lifestyle.  Things come to an end regardless.


>While we're on the subject, my first listen to 'Eminence Front' was at my 
>first Who concert.  I had not heard the recording.  It was so different 
>from any other song in the show, and so beautiful.  I could not believe 
>what I was hearing and seeing.

Gorgeous little thing, isn't it?  The live version that's a bonus track on 
the album is (of course) better than the studio version, presumably because 
they'd had time to fiddle with it.  John and Roger added a lot to the 
layering in the music.


keets

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