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Re: New Who Album ? Pete's working on it.............Phwoar!
> Roger and John say the early albums were very spontaneous, with the band
> contributing quite a bit to fill out the songs. Later Pete took more of the
> responsiblity for the albums by planning out detailed demos ahead of time.
> Which are better?
Like Kevin said, the method was, & is, Pete makes a demo, presents it to the
band, band practices song. That's Pete's formula for Who Rock & Roll.
Now, is he gonna be able to make these demos? Is he gonna have *time* to
make these demos (while tackling his other 19 projects this Summer)?
Did he tell Roger: "Fine, *you* wanna make an album? Then you & OX-Boy
are gonna have to help out with the writing! A lot!!" (Couldn't you just see
Roger scurrying away with a big grin, ready to go write some Who songs?)
Did Pete say: "Let's rent the fucking studio for two months. We're the fucking
Who! Let's go in with *nothing*.....and just see what we come up with." (This
option being the chanciest roll of the dice.)
I guess Pete's just gonna have to feed us more clues through his addictive web-
site diaries.
> >I'm sure he wouldn't mind sharing some writing credits. Might take off a
> >bit of the pressure.
>
> That would certainly be something entirely new for The Who. It might take
> care the periodic problem the others have about being low on capital, too.
Maybe they'll do what The Doors did for their first batch of albums & just give
the songwriting credits to the band as one entity. "All songs by.....THE WHO!!"
- SCHRADE in Akron