Re: JAE and cocaine

["Neil E. Weissman" <neilweissman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the response.

Please do not misinterpret what I said.  It is a shame that the 40 years
ended this way.  It takes nothing away from him and all he has
contributed.  My point was that in the end, what can be said about him
(not by me) was here is this dumb guy who died from an overdose...just
another rock star to go this way.  I do not believe that.

I will never burn or destroy his music.  I will always appreciate what he
has done regardless.  To me, his legacy does not change, to others it
will.  And, they have the right to say that...it is called an opinion.

Plus, just because I am a WHO fan does not matter here.  My opinion is
that if they know about John's problems...heart problem and drug problem,
they could (not necessarily should, because John in a big boy) have
helped.  I don't know what they talked aboout.  Please don't criticize me
for that opinion.  Pete had problems, I never talked about him here.  And,
yes, he is still with us.  John is ultimately responsible for his own
death...Pete and Roger can never be blamed.

No hypocracy here.  Just responding to a post.


> Neil re:
> 
> on 27-07-2002 17:18, Neil E. Weissman at neilweissman@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > He is just another rock star.
> 
>  >We do not know him.  It is a true shame
> > that 40 years of stellar music is reduced to a drup overdose or drug
> > induced death.  
> 
> Like you said, we dont know him, so I cant see that his use of cocaine
> is in
> any way relevant to him being an artist. Like:"he was alright for 40
> years,
> and now he died from coke he's nothing". I cant see the connection. You
> gonna burn all the lp's/cd's now? I think its a true shame that fans of
> The
> Who are capable producing these kind of posts.
> 
> The way someone dies does not take anything he did when he was alive.
> 
> >If Pete and Roger know about his drug use, shame on them.
> 
> What a stupid remark (pardon my english), how the h*** can they be
> blamed
> for something John did privately. Even if they knew? You think you can
> tell
> a 57 year old that he's a bad boy? come on. Have you forgotten how much
> Pete
> was cheered when he was a heavy drinker and on heroin? He was adored.
> 
> It was John's life and John's death.
> Instead of blaming John, we'd rather put our energy in celebrating his
> live
> and just enjoy what he gave us all those years.
> 
> And another thing, how many of us here will die of cancer (or lose close
> ones) because they smoked? And how does *that* look. Please stop the
> hypocrisy. 
> 
> Lars
> (ok, i'm calm now, breathe, breathe......)
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