Re: Pete's pissy mood

["gern blanston" <gernblanston67@hotmail.com>]

I think you hit the nail squarely on the head here. If the music is so 
boring Pete, try something different. Why not a Who show that doesn't 
include Can't explain, Subsittute, Baba, WGFA, Pinball, etc. Try some 
challenging stuff like Guitar & Pen, Song is Over, Another Tricky Day, Daily 
Records, A Quick One, or some of the new Who covers like Saturday Night and 
Fire, instead of the boring as shit Summertime Blues?

I agree. He seems to indicate that he's above Who-type rock n roll. But if 
the Scoop 3 "experimental pieces" are any indication of the thousands of 
pieces of music Pete's got laying around...crap.

-gern

>From: "Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>
>Subject: Pete's Pissy Mood
>
> > I don't want to get back into the studio with The Who.
> > Roger does. I would like to make it possible for him.
> > I have no idea what I might write. I've written
> > nothing for The Who since 1982.
>
>My first reaction to this was:  "Uh oh.  That new Who album ain't gonna 
>happen."
>Then, after putting on my rose-colored glasses I now see that Pete seems 
>almost
>resigned to attempting this new Who album, if only for Roger's sake.
>
>Like:  "This isn't *my* idea!  It's Roger's!"  Maybe this is some early 
>damage
>control.  After the album, Pete can safely say, "See, I told you it was a 
>bad idea!"
>
>The most telling statement is "I have no idea what I might write."  This 
>tells me that,
>contrary to some conjecture, Pete in no way has started attempting any new 
>*Who*
>material.
>
>And I'm tired of hearing about his 1200 or so pieces of music that he has 
>stashed
>away (doesn't the number seem to go up by a few hundred each time he 
>mentions
>it?).
>
>It's almost like a cop-out.  He's saying:  "Oh, I can still write music 
>alright.  Just not
>Who music.  I've moved beyond that."
>
>I think he's covering for the fact that he's scared shitless about 
>attempting a new Who
>album.  Anyone else getting that vibe?
>
>He brags about the depth & complexity of these "pieces" of music he's 
>written.  How
>different they are from "Rock" music.
>
>Well, whoopdy-ding-dong-shit.  A lot of good those "pieces" of music are 
>doing
>sitting in some storage room or whatever.  I hope he wrote 'em all for 
>himself 'cause
>they sure aren't doing humanity any good, no matter how esoteric & mature 
>they are.
>I'm sure Pete would say that they *were* written for himself & not us, the 
>public.
>
>If he's still such a goddamned genius than he should be able to crank out a 
>handful
>of simplistic Rock tunes, right?  Come on , hack, crank out some Who 
>fodder!  How
>hard can it be?  <insert IT"S HARD joke here>  SCOOP sales aren't exactly 
>breaking
>the bank, I'm sure.
>
>He tells us once a month how easy & boring it is playing all the old hits 
>on stage.  Why
>doesn't he have that attitude about creating new Who material?  Where's Mr. 
>Profes-
>sional when it comes to that?  All of a sudden *that's* a challenge!  Sure.


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