Re: Respect and the concert for NYC

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In a message dated 10/23/01 2:08:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mleaman@sccoast.net writes:


> >They got booed because after 9+ years of being called the worst things
> possible and accused of every foul deed under the sun, a few people have
> actually come to believe some of it is true. Pathetic losers, they are.
> 
> How dare anyone criticize Hillary Clinton! She is a selfless person that 
> LOVES New York and personal ambition has not a thing to do with her public 
> service to her *new* home.

 Bush was exactly where he needed to be. Shoring up relations with a mighty 
giant that borders the country that we just happen to be at war with. For 
KILLING the friends and family members of the "Pathetic losers" in the crowd 
- Who have NO political motivation for their horrendous feelings toward the 
woman that rolled her eyes  like a selfish big baby at President Bush's 
address to congress the week after THEIR loss. 

I am so proud of The Who for what they did that night. They *connected* with 
them. I watched the video that I taped, over and over. No vain talk. No 
"rehearsed "feeling. Just touching, meaningful words that could reach them, 
that they all could get a release from as they sang along. Pete was fabulous. 
He just Blasted it into them!  

The song selection was perfect. I don't know how many times you have all 
heard these songs, but I have heard them about as many times as anyone has 
and they all brought tears to my eyes when I saw those firemen singing along. 
Particular phrases gave me chills...  "No one Knows what it's like to feel 
these feelings, like I do; And I blame YOU!" ...Roger's voice was off that 
night but it's not because of being old. (Just listen to your RAH dvd-he's 
the best) He probably had a cold or something. Those of you that have it, go 
to the first third of WGFA where Roger hollers "WE don't get fooled again!" 
and then watch Pete. He infuses energy into the entire audience at will  and 
very skillfully. There isn't a guitar player on earth that can do what he can 
do and it showed up  very plainly that night! I loved watching him stomp 
toward the front of the stage and then machine-gun those lucky dudes up front 
with powerchords then launch into another one of his "I don't know what he's 
gonna do this time" solos. He was just fabulous.
That foot shot of the WTC ominously towering above Pete Townshend as He 
wailed away was priceless. No one in the whole show got a meaningful shot 
like that.
 One thing that I didn't get was what Roger said at the very end.

All and all, it proves one thing- That we were right all along :)

KevinMc, I enjoyed the reports from one who was actually there.

Jon in Mi.