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Re: Moodygiantpiano
> But, that's Pete, and that will always be Pete. You get what you get, and
> that's it.
Yeah, when I first The WHO in '89, in Cleveland, Pete was in a kinda quiet,
pissy mood. Plus with the whole 90%-acoustic performance & his limited
movement, I found myself concentrating more on Daltrey & OX.
OX I could watch all day. Of course I mean watch him play his guitar, not
watch him on some sorta cybercast, internet thingy with cameras set up around
his house! Wait.....maybe I *could* watch that.
But to see that son-of-a-bitch play that bass guitar with such fluidity......
That, I could watch all day.
Have you ever picked up a bass guitar? They're fucking heavy. And to fret
a note, you gotta press like a motherfucker! 'It's so very, very, very hard!'
And then to watch OX use the instrument as an extension to produce such
melody & mischief! He plays it like a brass instrument! That Middlesex
Youth Orchestra training sure payed off!
So if Pete's in one of his 'I-don't-want-to-be-here' moods, you can always
rely on The OX to be there for you. Long Live The OX!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a tissue.
> Damn good point. Something in me still would like to see Zak up there with
> TED. It's kind of like saying "ok, we're no longer the memory of the past,
> we're now a band in the present and here is our drummer now. Take it or
> FUCK OFF."
They tried that with Kenny & look what happened. Constantly ridiculed. Con-
stantly derided. Shame! Shame!
Incidentally, I just purchased a nice, smallish poster advertising The WHO's
1979 Pittsburgh show on Dec. 2. The main reason I bought it is because it's
a Kenny-era poster with *his* picture included amongst TED. One fourth,
ya know what I'm sayin'?
I put my poster up in my cubicle at work, & it greatly helps me get through
my day. Anyone else bring The WHO to work in some form or another?
- SCHRADE in Akron