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Re: Empty Glass Who Song...




Someone wrote:  
> > Certainly, if Townshend
> > used the material from Empty Glass for the Who, Face Dances would have
been
> > something else entirely.
>   But that is another mystery why Townshend wished to
> > make that move.

and then Brian wrote:

>No mystery really. A lot of the songs that ended up on Pete's solo CD's were
>first offered to Roger or The Who and Roger rejected them. "Rough Boys," "I
>Am An Animal," "Keep On Working," "Cats In The Cupboard," "Empty Glass,"
>"Dance It Away," and "Somebody Saved Me" were all rejected by Roger either
>for himself or The Who. Roger has subsequently forgotten this and joins in
>the chorus of people saying Pete saved his best material for his solo
>albums. Now you know why Pete is so bald. He's pulling his hair out!

The song that strikes me as a great Who song from Empty Glass is
"Gonna Getcha".  I think Roger could have easily fronted it with
Pete and John on backing vocals, and Rabbit on keyboards.    It just rocks!

Joe