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Re: Getting into the Who
> How did everyone else here get into the Who?? I bet this question has been
> asked a million times before I joined the list, but I'm interested to know.
My earliest memory of The Who was seeing them on a Rock & Roll history T.V.
special back in the late 70's. I was waiting to see Kiss & I had to sit through
an hour of old 50's & 60's acts. All those groups looked the same to me at that
age. While one of these groups was playing, I remember being shocked at seeing
the drums start flying around, a guitar flying up in the air, etc., etc. And while
that didn't make me rush out & look for Who records, the image sure stuck in my
mind.
Then in early 1982, when I was overdosing on MTV, they kept running an advert
for a Sunday night show featuring The Who. They used "Magic Bus" in the ad &
I couldn't get that song out of my mind. I asked my older brother if he had any
albums by this band called The Who & he said he had two. I went into his room,
found THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT soundtrack & my life changed the moment the
needle hit the vinyl.
A few months later I bought LIVE AT LEEDS & all hell broke loose! I still fondly
remember those days when Who exploration was still new to me. Exciting times.
- SCHRADE in Akron