Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V11 #22

[Alan McKendree <amck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:18:03 -0000
> From: "John Hughes" <pureneasy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > I can't believe they'd be so petty as to cut out
> > > John songs just because he's dead.
>
> See my original point - if they couldn't play one, just once, on the 
> 2002
> tour, what was that about?
>
> If it was too emotional to play one - why not say so?

I really never gave it a second thought.  To me it was obvious that 
playing one (any) of John's songs would just rub it in that he was 
gone.  I assumed that also was why they tossed The Real Me, as it was a 
traditional John showcase.  In retrospect, I'm surprised they kept 
5:15.

Cheers,
Alan
"the average Texan...carries not just a gun but a SHOTGUN."  --Pete 
Townshend, 1967