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Re: roger's missed verse in WAY



Sroundtable@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 04/19/2002 5:55:07 AM Central Daylight Time,
> TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:
>
> > Quite frankly, I did not hear anyone comment after the show that this was
> > left
> > out. Since it apparently was left out, it's a WHO CARES moments, IMHO. The
> > fact
> > that we were in a hall that housed 2,000 people and the fuckin' WHO played
> > was
> > quite overwhelming.
> >
>
> I wasn't stating it as any sort of criticism, just wondering if people
> noticed.

Not anyone that I talked to.

> Roger was probably caught up in the energy and emotion of the
> concert and his brain just went back to that verse because he sort of forgot
> where he was in the song.

That happens alot at Who shows because the dynamics cause it to happen. All this
raw energy & sparks flying everywhere, with the audience's intensity & energy to
boot. I'm not surprised whenever it does happen and find I like it when I realize
it is happening. I enjoy seeing how they recover from these "mistakes".

> I had the same thing happen to me in our last
> dress rehearsal of the play I'm in at our school.  I didn't realize until
> midway through the last verse of a solo that I had sung the same verse twice
> and had to sort of rescue it at the end of the song.

Maybe you could give Rog some tips.

>  Very few even noticed.

Says you.

> The concert sounded great, though.

Are you sure? I've heard it wasn't so hot.

> And, yes, I definitely don't care that he
> missed it, either.

I know I'm glad & the Who is ecstatic.

> I am also thankful that the Who's live sound is so
> different from their studio stuff because it keeps the songs so fresh.  Can't
> wait for the West coast shows and MSG #1.
>
> mc

Waiting is...

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