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Re: New Who
> What I'm thinking is if The Who go with their classic sound, they risk being
> perceived as having nothing to contribute (essentially making an album for
> the money, cashing in while there's still a market).
I don't think the sound is the issue here. The *songs* have to be decent. I'd
be happy with the "classic sound" & a good batch of songs. I just want a good
rock album.
What's good? What are decent songs? I can't say for sure, but I'd like to here
a new WHO album that's not too slick. That Gateway bullshit that most of you
out there enjoyed makes me sick & emabarrassed. Every friend I played that
for thought it was corny & reactionary (please, no jokes about my limited number
of "friends").
> If they go with a
> completely different sound (like the Gateway mix), while they can still be
> called for attempting to sound "young" they will at least have moved forward
> and are taking risks...something The Who used to be famous for.
I thought the Gateway thing was a step sideways, not forwards. I don't mind
some electonic weirdness. In fact, I enjoy it! Use keyboards, samples, effects,
drum machines......I don't care. Just give us good songs. Good lyrics. Good
art. (When I say "drum machines" above, I'm certainly not calling for a replace-
ment of Zak. Only as an effect, used sparingly, would I tolerate a drum machine
on a WHO album.)
And make it raw, too. Loud guitar. Loud drums. Mainly upbeat songs. Some
cussin'. Give Daltery a main vocal track. Pete gets two, or at the most three,
guitar tracks. OX gets one. Zak gets one. Backing vocals. A few left-over
tracks for some weirdness effects, if needed. Voila! There it is! New WHO
album.
Honestly, if a new WHO album had 6 - 10 kick-ass songs on it & the production
sounded exactly the same as WHO'S NEXT, I wouldn't be disapponted. That's not
to say I believe the next WHO album *should* have the WN sound; I'm stressing
that the actual songs *have* to be catchy, intelligent, loud, & raw for this hypotheti-
cal new WHO album to be anything more than a joke.
- SCHRADE in Akron
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- Re: New Who
- From: "Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>