Re: Roger's voice, etc.

[TJLY99@aol.com]

Singers are the most dispensable part of a musical entourage.


and geniuses are the most underrated until dead. 


by the way, remember our "who vs. beatles" argument? know where that went? 
away after september 11th. but it seems another argument is erupting 
concerning roger's voice. will it have to take another world tragedy to end 
it? well, I hope nothing happens. 
this argument started because people were concerned about how roger's voice 
sounded on the night of october 20th at madison square garden. I ask "who 
cares?" the sex pistols never had a great singer, but they've seem to get on 
well. why? attitude and energy and that's what the who showed that night. 
plus, have you noticed that the often snobbish critics are agreeing that the 
who stole the show that night even though roger did seem to sound a little 
outta whack? and did you notice that the who seem to have gotten the biggest 
reaction from the firefighters, policemen, etc?   even if roger did have a 
cold of some sort, he went out anyway, and that's what roger is good at. not 
saying pete dosen't do the same thing (reference to 1989 when pete cut his 
hand on the whammy bar but went on with the tour with a bandage and last year 
when pete broke his wrist and went on the same way. meanwhile, Jimmy page 
gets a bad back and cancels his tour with the black crowes). 
the argument about roger the singer and pete the songwriter have always been 
an ongoing thing. but it's nice to know that these two "different" people 
managed to find peace with each other in 1996 and beyond.   

"you like potatoes, i like tomatoes, let's call the whole thing off."