Where's the Townsend thread?
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I think we are getting close to where Bernie would be investigated.
Further Notes on Peter "Touch Me" Townshend
Thanks, SINthysist. You were correct to ask: crusade or self-premonition? Haha.
Unfortunately no journalist has heard or remembers Psychoderelict (actually a funny, entertaining record - much better than whatever Pete Townshend's peers were kicking out in 1993 I'm sure), so that angle remains uncovered in the press.
Strangely enough, last Friday here in Philadelphia I went to see the students of the Paul Green School of Rock perform the songs of The Who. Paul Green teaches rock instrument lessons to thirty or so students ranging in age from 5 to 18. They get together and perform shows for the public ("Mandatory Metallica" for example; next month it's the music of Black Sabbath) and as such they are kind of a sensation here in town.
So there they were, these kids onstage living out every adolescent's fantasy, nervous as hell but having fun, playing Townshend's music, with colored lights and smoke machines etc. Mr. Green rotated the lineup every song so there were always five or six kids on stage, dressed in schoolgirl and schoolboy outfits (the girls, most of them about 16, wearing fishnets etc), struggling hilariously through everything from "My Generation" to "You Better, You Bet." And, I kid you not, I was sitting there in the audience last Friday, innocently thinking to myself: boy, Townshend would get a real kick out of seeing these young kids - a whole new generation - playing his songs! Little did I know!!
And the by the end of two ten-song sets the students were definitely letting loose onstage. The girl who sang "The Acid Queen" came down and more or less gave a lap dance to her boyfriend or schoolmate. This, in front of maybe 200 people, mostly schoolmates and parents and in-the-know thrillseekers like me. The girls (in their fishnets) also started stripping the boys - one heavy, shy boy in particular - unbuttoning his shirt etc. And yes, one cheap throwaway guitar was sacrificed to the floorboards near the end of the set.
It was a great show, and to wake up a couple of days later and read the news about Townshend (the hero of my own adolescence - their smash-em-up mayhem got me through my parents' divorce) really blew my mind!
Thanks, SINthysist. You were correct to ask: crusade or self-premonition? Haha.
Unfortunately no journalist has heard or remembers Psychoderelict (actually a funny, entertaining record - much better than whatever Pete Townshend's peers were kicking out in 1993 I'm sure), so that angle remains uncovered in the press.
Strangely enough, last Friday here in Philadelphia I went to see the students of the Paul Green School of Rock perform the songs of The Who. Paul Green teaches rock instrument lessons to thirty or so students ranging in age from 5 to 18. They get together and perform shows for the public ("Mandatory Metallica" for example; next month it's the music of Black Sabbath) and as such they are kind of a sensation here in town.
So there they were, these kids onstage living out every adolescent's fantasy, nervous as hell but having fun, playing Townshend's music, with colored lights and smoke machines etc. Mr. Green rotated the lineup every song so there were always five or six kids on stage, dressed in schoolgirl and schoolboy outfits (the girls, most of them about 16, wearing fishnets etc), struggling hilariously through everything from "My Generation" to "You Better, You Bet." And, I kid you not, I was sitting there in the audience last Friday, innocently thinking to myself: boy, Townshend would get a real kick out of seeing these young kids - a whole new generation - playing his songs! Little did I know!!
And the by the end of two ten-song sets the students were definitely letting loose onstage. The girl who sang "The Acid Queen" came down and more or less gave a lap dance to her boyfriend or schoolmate. This, in front of maybe 200 people, mostly schoolmates and parents and in-the-know thrillseekers like me. The girls (in their fishnets) also started stripping the boys - one heavy, shy boy in particular - unbuttoning his shirt etc. And yes, one cheap throwaway guitar was sacrificed to the floorboards near the end of the set.
It was a great show, and to wake up a couple of days later and read the news about Townshend (the hero of my own adolescence - their smash-em-up mayhem got me through my parents' divorce) really blew my mind!
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SINthysist
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lol...
SINthysist
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LOL!
