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Re: pete, roger and cynicism
Re: "Eminence Front"
> >So why did Pete get the lead vocal on this one? I don't think subject
> >matter has anything to do with it. Almost all Who albums have one or two
> >tracks where Pete gets the lead vocal. It's expected.
>
> The style, maybe? As we were saying, Pete expresses his own cynicism very
> well, where Roger is better at strength and urgency.
I don't know, Roger can do cynical - "They're All In Love" being an example.
There must be some other reason. Someone (i.e. Pete or Roger) must make
that decision. And like I said, almost all Who albums have atleast one or two
tracks with Pete getting the lead vocal.
> >But I wonder what the decision-making process within The Who is like when
> >it comes to deciding if Pete is gonna get the lead vocal. I'd buy a
> >bootleg of The Who just sitting around talking about shit like that. In a
> >second.
>
> Record it and see how it sounds? I recall a John interview where he talked
> about one song (WGFA?) where he did numerous attempts at bass and they ended
> up using the one where he was sitting on a speaker screwing around and
> didn't even know they were recording.
I don't believe that for a second. More yarn-spinning.
> Glyn Johns also talks about putting
> together WHO'S NEXT on the video. He plays the individual tracks, and
> mentions where they could have done it differently.
Yeah, I love that stuff, also! I once said I'd like to see a series like that covering
*all* Who albums. That kinda stuff gets me off good.
- SCHRADE in Akron