Re: Subject: Re: The Who is a Man's group mostly

["An English Boy" <peter_dennis_blandford_townshend@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jacqueline,

Hey sweet one!!

Thanks for the Hollywood Bowl 7/1/02 show that you sent
me as you were rushing out the door to go to Italy last
summer.

Very sweet, very nice...thank you!

Lew~

(DAMN! Am I losing my nick of AEB here?...Bummer!)






> From: "jacqueline" <jacquelinek@monmouth.com>
> Reply-To: thewho@igtc.com
> To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
> Subject: Subject: Re: The Who is a Man's group mostly
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 22:27:25 -0500
>
> Lew and Johanna wrote about  Empty Glass and the WHO being a Man's group
> mostly etc...
>
> >(Empty Glass 1980) about the time Pete revealed to the press his 
> bi-sexual
> tendancies <
>
> >Obviously there are many more men Who fans and I never thought about 
> "why"
> before.We all know that we think that Roger has a hot bod. But, you can see
> that anywhere. That is all fun and cute, but so does the Backstreet Boys 
> and
> alotof other pretty boys in Rock and Roll.  Roger's voice is mostly 
> growling
> alot of the time.  Very masculine.  Pete  and him do sing falsetto very
> effectively.  But it is more of a guy thing..<
>
> >The poetry and lyrics in most of the Who's music is very hard, talking
> about anger, fighting, hookers, frustration and alot of male dominating
> emotions that we all feel.  However, they are portrayed from the angry male
> side. Again, dudes like that shit.  We do to, but this is what makes the
> Who's audience mostly men, in my opinion. I think Empty Glass is the only
> music written by PT that has a clearly female flavor and I do believe he
> gained alot of females fans after the release of that.
> I'd like to hear some opinions for and against this argument, from the many
> music/Who experts out there.  I really just touched on this.  Anyone?<
>
> As much as I love the WHO, Empty Glass is the first recording that I
> remember missing 'physically'.  Meaning, I was miles away from my vinyl
> record and missed it like one would miss a person.  I even sang "I Am An
> Animal" to the friends I was with to comfort myself (and probably horrify
> them!!)
>
> To answer your inquiry, Who isn't angry?  We don't have to be men to be
> angry just like we don't have to be women to be sensitive.  I think that is
> the appeal.  The music of the WHO gives those in need what ever it is that
> they need at any given time.  Whether the needy find it is another story.
>
> I found it.
>
> I am so utterly, unfathomly, inexpressibly  grateful I found it that it
> isn't even fucking funny.
>
> Thanks for the question and I hope I gave ya yer answer.
>
> jacqueline
> (watching the vegas 02 show tonight that she was at .... for the first
> time...ouch)

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