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Re: NewOperaTwinkle
> In your mind, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers = The Who.
Oh.....muh....gud. I wasn't comparing the *bands,* I was comparing the
*fans.* Tom Petty freaks & Who freaks. Levels of dedication. Is this
all getting too confusing for you?
> The simple fact that the band is based on one person already causes folk
> to ignore the rest of the band.
Not necessarily. Think Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, for example.
> You're comparing apples to oranges.
I will simply return to my original point that I believe there is a large
amount of people who attend Who shows who know very little about the band.
We hardcore freaks are a minority, albeit the cream of the crop! ;-)
> I refute your whole argument with one statement.
> John Alec Entwistle was *the* greatest bass player of *all... time*.
That means nothing to the countless people accompanying friends to a Who
show, or the casual fan who digs rock concerts, has money to spend, but
only a moderate, mid-level interest in The Who. And make no mistake,
there are many people fitting that description who attend Who concerts.
You make it sound like there's this all-encompassing tight network of
well-informed, dedicated Who fans at every show. I say to you that that
group
is in the minority.
> Name for me a band with the greatest anything, and I assure you the people
> who go to see that band know the guy, or gal's name and will think twice
> about seeing that same band without that guy or gal there.
OK. The Who. They had the "greatest" drummer of all time yet hoards &
droves of fans still turned out to see the band on their '79 & '82 tours.
If your theory holds water, then explain *that,* Cousin Krimple!!!
(Ding! Huge point for Mr. Schrade.)
> Game, set, and match.
> Next!
Better look again. The referees are reviewing that last touchdown of yours.
Looks like it may get called back.
- SCHRADE in Akron
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists -
that is why they invented hell.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)