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Re: Nuggets 2; a Brown-out



> A friend played Tommy for me straight through start to finish in
> March 1970.

Alan:

My experience was very similar. I was at a private school, 9/69, and the guy
who lived across the hall (named Tommy) kept playing a song which had the
chorus "Tommy can you hear me?" Naturally I had to investigate, and upon
seeing the wonderful album cover, I was interested and got it for Christmas
that year. However, it was Live At Leeds which made them my favorite band
(stealing the position from Steppenwolf).
When I got MBBB a few years later, I realized I had heard I Can See For
Miles but didn't realize who the band was. The other singles never broke
through the primarily American music AM radio played in Myrtle Beach when I
was growing up. However The Who had been recommended to me, as I was already
a Kinks fan and friends told me "If you like The Kinks, you'll like The
Who." I just hadn't had the opportunity. That may be another reason I was
more interested in Tommy.

> Listening to it now. I actually prefer it to Nuggets I (but you know how
> Eurocentric I can be).

Brian:

Normally I am too, or Anglocentric actually. But Nuggets I just strikes a
chord with me, probably because it was the stuff on the radio I heard
growing up but didn't know who performed it (like ICSFM). My all-time
favorite Nuggets track: Beg Borrow And Steal, with My World Fell Down coming
in a strong second (as the perfect Pet Sounds era Beach Boys clone song).
That's probably why my second favorite boxed set is Beg Scream And Shout
(recommended for R&B fans), more obscure `60's radio fodder.
However, I have heard N II all the way through only twice and time will
tell. It's definitely in the same league as N I.
And another Who-related topic: I'll be seeing James Brown for the first time
tomorrow night. Yeah, I know it's about 40 years past his prime, but what
the Hell. I hope he plays Please Please Please and dare I hope for I Don't
Mind?
But there's a part of me which expects him to sing this (instead of I Feel
Good): "Ow! Call a doc (dada dada dada da)/I've hurt my back now..." or "Get
up off of that gurney/And dance till you feel better..."

 > kind explored by writers like Townshend or Davies or Partridge or

John:

You MUST mean ANDY Partridge (I hope). And, if so, I agree.


"We're blessed with such values in America. And I-it's-I'm a
  proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values."
    George "No man is a peninsula" Bush


               Cheers                 ML