Re: New Daltrey VH1 interview

[John Hughes <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lela, re

> >> VH1: Some say the hardest thing about being a rock star is
> >> maintaining a marriage. You've had a fairly successful relationship
> >> as far as the rock world is concerned. How do you keep it together?
> >
> >  No mention here of the first marriage, or why it failed? And how is 
> >  is his 2nd marriage only fairly successful?
>
>    The interviewer has asked these questions, and I don't know if you 
>    can blame Roger for not addressing the ommissions. If you're asking 
>    for opinions, I'd say the first marriage failed from lack of 
>    committment.  Didn't Roger marry the lady because she was pregnant? 

he did, and he also cheated on her regularly until he met Heather, when
he divorced his first wife, and then obviously started cheating on
Heather. 


> >> The only reason to get married is to have children.
> >
> >  Not exactly my understanding of the "reason" for marriage. At 
> >  least, not if the woman's father doesn't have a shotgun pointed at 
> >  you.
>
>    It's often a woman's reason for wanting to marry, and something 
>    that men have to deal with.  

Frankly Lela I think that's a most disrespectful to women comment. I
know many women who marry and have no desire to have children. I'd agree
with you if we were talking in purely biological terms, but in our
society today there are many many more complex socio-sexual reasons for
marriage. 

> > And, he's turned out to be very loyal to his wife, regardless of the 
> > indiscretions.

Sorry Lela, but that really is perverse. He's cheated on his wife. He
has been most disloyal. You might imagine he's found a chief cook and
bottlewasher for home while living it up on the road.

> > Why didn't the interviewer ask "So Roger, while you've been out 
> > there doing it, who's your wife been sleeping with"?
>
>   This interviewer might not have thought of it, but others have.  
>   Roger's response was that she was free to do it, but that he didn't 
>   want to know about it.

Where did you see this? 

My impression from this interview is that Roger is an incredibly selfish
person who wants it all his own way.

Cheers,

John

Cheers,

John