From: traderdube@comcast.net (Dennis Dubrow)
Subject: there once was a note
Received on Sun Feb 7 11:31:53 2010.
Hey IDDiots!
Lots of IDDiotic news lately....still my favorite read...the IDD.
Where else can I post this....
So The Who and an idol of mine of mine, Pete Townsend take the super bowl s=
tage for twelve minutes tonight.
Think about Pete Townsend for a second. He came out of the Brit Invasion, s=
tood toe to toe with all the artistic heroes=20
of the British Invasion, most notably, Ray Davies. And in the end...The Who=
still endure.
Think a little deeper. Pre-Tommy, The Who were a ferocious R&B based R&R ba=
nd who's theatrics and over-the-top drummer propelled
them into the "arena" of Brit Invasion superstars. In fact, The Who were kn=
own as the greatest lived act in the early sixties. Mick and his boys=20
took the moniker on later in life and in many to this day believe the great=
est live R&R act is The Rolling Stones.
WRONG!!!!!!! Today, the greatest R&R live band is undoubtedly, indisputably=
, 100%, Bruce and E Street.=20
(let's not debate it now, later maybe, let's get to the point)
The Who at the Super Bowl.
Why?
So many nerdy pundits and Talking Heads are pontificating on the why are th=
ey playing, such as (from today's "score" column in the NY Daily News"....
"why would The Who - one of the greatest rock bands in history - want to pl=
ay at America's most bloated and overhyped annual event? Did The Who sell o=
ut?
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/2010/02/06/2010-02-06=
_now_go_do_that_voodoo.html?page=3D2#ixzz0erpTIcub ,
Pete Townsed has taken twelve minutes to allow a power chord it's full thro=
ttle extension.....Roger Daltrey's ultimate R&R scream in Won't Get Fooled =
Again has timed
out at twelve minutes in concerts.....The greatest Bassist in the history o=
f LOUD R&R is had 4 coke infused super modelesque groupires screaming in ec=
stasy for twelve minutes each in unison
while he perfected his Bass Solo on THe Magic Bus multiple times, and, Keit=
h Moon has a super shot record of downing a half gallon of Courvousier in =
12 minutes while composing the
fiddle outro in Baba............so it's a relevant question....why are Dalt=
rey and Townshend subjecting themselves to this 12 minutes pf rock purgator=
y......
.....and the answer is Bruce. somehow, as he has been doing his entire Bruc=
e career, Bruce took 12 minutes, stretched it to 14, and somehow summed up =
his career to that point.
He expressed the energy, the enthusiasm, the craftsmanship, the ownership o=
f pure R&R in that short sweet performance. Even the falling crossing guard=
played his part to the hilt.
Pete Townsend is the ultimate, creative genius. At least he was. You want p=
roof, it's called Quadrophenia. Quad makes Tommy seem like a silly Brill Bl=
dg follow up hit. All the members of his band
joined in the espirit d'corps as opposed to the Tommy sessions. What will P=
ete come up with tonight? I bet it's genesis is Springsteen's performance. =
I bet the Who rise again. I bet a tour and album come out it.
I bet I Won't Get Fooled Again. YOU? You better you better you bet......