Amen to that! The crowd I hang out with at school all know of the Who but don't really know their music. They all kept telling me over and over that they were going to be on the Simpsons and I was like, "Well, YEAH, i fucking knew about it back in JULY!" Oye. And they call my WHO shirt from the concert back in August the "Plunger Shirt!" because my friend Kenny orriginally thought Pete was holding a PLUNGER and not a guitar over his head. Also musta had something to do with the target... Like I said though, they all know OF them but they don't KNOW them. I could say, "Yeah my flag landed on Roger!" and they'd go, "Which one is he?!" Oh and here's something scary.... when my Grandma called to tell me the Who were on the Simpsons that night (suprise surprise) she said, "I didn't know Roger Daltrey was in the Who! I thought he was just an actor!" and I started rolling around hysterics when my mom told me about it. Y'know, half crying half laughing... We must spread the word I guess! ~~Alex~
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- Subject: Re: Headline: WHO DON'T EXIST FOR SOME!
- From: Bjørn Ciggaar <ciggaar@warande.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:50:04 +0100
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At 20:34 1-1-01 -0500, Schrade wrote: >I was making a bank run for my job a few days ago and when I >walked up to the teller she asked, "Why do you have 'The WHO' >written on your coat?" Quickly, I responded, "That's a silly ques- >tion, they're a great rock band." She replied, "I didn't even know >they were still in existence." > >Uh, uh, uh.....I then mumbled something about the last tour but she >didn't seem impressed or even interested. She was probably in her >40's. And she's focking stoooopid! ;-) >I thought to myself, "Man, I barely *stopped* thinking about The WHO >in 2000 yet here's a lady who wasn't touched at all!" Kinda surprised >me at first but the more I thought about it, everything made sense & >nothing had changed. Same here. Seems majority in The Netherlands haven't ever heard of The Who (and some vaguely, and most know Roger Daltrey better then The Who). Who music isn't played in bars, clubs or on the radio. But what *is* nice is that a lot of (amateur) bands do a lot of WHO stuff... And those bands consist out of 40-ish guys who probably where fans at the time and know Tommy by heart. Still I don't understand... How such a great band doesn't have a real legacy like the Stones or the Beatles out here... That's a shame... Like people will remember the Stones 50 years from now, but not The Who... :-( BUT I FUCKING WILL!!! Cheers, Bjørn Ciggaar http://www.warande.net/~ciggaar "Is that your natural hair colour???" - John Entwistle after seeing my hair (7th of October)
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