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From: andy@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andy Jones)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Why my favourite group broke up
Message-ID: <688@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 15:20:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 15:20:47 1983
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	The things which you said about The Who, as well as other fine
groups, are inexcusable, and now I prepare to tell you why.
	First of all, as to what you said about why groups stay
together,  I don't know why the Stones stay together and I agree with
you on the point that they are just cheap immitations of what they once
were.  The Who, on the other hand, stay together, because even though
they do have many personal conflicts with one and other they have been
able to rise above that and continue to make great music together (for
example "Emminence Front","It's Hard", and "The Quiet One"). 
	To say that none of The Who have done good solo work would be
idiotic, to say the least.  First of all, to correct you, Pete Townshend
has made four solo albums ("Who Came First","Empty Glass","All The Best
Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes", and "Scoop") all of which are superb, if not
works of art.  Not only has Roger Daltrey done great solo work musically
("Giving It All Away","Free Me"), but he is also a fine actor as
displayed in "Tommy","Lisztomania",and "Mc Vicar".  And I doubt that you
have even listened to an Entwhistle solo, which, in most cases is as
incredible as it is ominous.
	I believe I have already answered your idiotic statement about
the creativity of The Who, so I will not waste my breath or my ink on
that point again.  I also will not hound you anymore on what you said
about The Beatles because although you were horribly wrong you have
already taken enough of a beating and I hope you have learned your
lesson.
	And in closing I would like to ask all my fellow Who fans out
there to drop me a line because I'm always glad to talk about The Who!!!
 

					Andy Jones (Who fan)
					genrad!mit-eddie!andy

P.S.  LONG LIVE ROCK ! ! !


P.P.S. This is my first submission to netnews.