Re: macca at MSG

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>TheWho->, unlike Macca, enjoy the luxury of having their most publicly 
>acclaimed material containing social commentary that most people can 
>extrapolate into something within their own lives.

You make it sound like an accident.  It's not a luxury.  It's the product of 
Pete's genius.  If Macca can't do that, it's his own limitations as a 
songwriter that are standing in his way.


>This concert, following on the heals of the WTC tragedy, fell right into 
>the poignant mind-think of Townshend's most publicly acclaimed,
>and accessible material.

Not quite.  Several reviewers commented that the lyrics were inappropriate 
to the situation.  But, because Pete doesn't nail down definite meanings, 
they can be defined differently, and The Who's interpretation carried the 
audience.  It was the feeling behind the material that was important.


>Wonder how the general public would feel if they knew that they have
>taken it all out of context for 30 years?
>
>As just one of 'em what to make of :
>
>"Sally take my hand
>We'll travel Zarkoff's land."

>and see what replies you get.

Huh?


keets