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Re: agree and disagree
> Just listen to the post-Keith offerings on Face Dances and It's Hard.
> A huge part of the Who-ness of the music clearly isn't there.
Partly because of Kenny Jones but *mostly* because Pete's songs generally
suck on those two albums. If those two albums had contained mostly kick-
ass gems from Pete, Kenny wouldn't get half the criticism he does.
> While very entertaining, the unpredictability and improvisational nature
> of pre-1980s Who songs when taken from record to stage doesn't seem to
> be there. YBYB and ATD and EF, for example, stay very close to the stu-
> dio version with only a few minor variations.
I know what you're saying; those songs don't seem to "grow" when played
live. They don't become "bigger," more explosive. Good observation. But
I don't know if I'd use the fact that they "stay very close to the studio
version" to back-up my argument. One could argue that "Substitute" & "Pin-
ball Wizard" stay very close to the studio version, as well. Yet those
songs definitely become bigger when played live. It's more of a subtle
thing; the feel, the energy,.....the heat, as it were. Intangibles.
- SCHRADE in Akron