Re: WHO are they Kidding? (SZC)

["Fred Scanlan" <Fscanlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have throw my two cents in on this one. The show must go on. I don't think
pulling out of a tour the day before it starts is really an option. And why
do people automatically assume it's all about the money? What proof is there
to back that line of thinking? none. It's really a silly argument.

rip JOHN!

Fred


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyra, John" <John_Tyra@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'- -'" <sonicremaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: WHO are they Kidding? (SZC)


> I have read all of the posts on this and some of them really amaze
me...How
> can anyone defend what they are doing....I can almost understand not
> canceling the tour but I don't care what anyone says the least the greedy
> heartless bastards could do is reschedule a couple of shows and go to the
> mans funeral and show a little respect....I don't buy the crap about
> "obligations" and "there is more than meets the eye".....Sometimes you
just
> have to forget about the money and do the right thing.
>
> How would all you defenders feel if Jonesy passed away suddenly and
> Plant/Page did a show the day of his funeral to pay their respects?!!!!!
>
> Here's another interesting question does anyone think Entwhistle's family
> will get any of the tour money now?..................
>
> Sorry don't take it personal but right is
> right.................................
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - - [mailto:sonicremaster@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:37 AM
> To: zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: WHO are they Kidding? (SZC)
>
>
>
> I thought we'd seen it all from The Who organization in 2000, after
> Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes had to cancel their supporting slot
> for the tour.
>
> A credit card company held exclusive rights to ticket sales for the
sold-out
>
> Madison Square Garden dates and announced refunds would not
> be given. The Who camp acknowledged that fans were locked into paying for
> the tickets but assured everyone that a big-name replacement would fill
the
> support slot on those dates. On the night it was "Ladies and
gentlemen...The
>
> Wallflowers"!
>
> But the untimely loss of John Entwistle has truly brought out the
> worst in decision making between Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend, who have
> gone so far as to publicly ask their dead bandmember to pray for them!
>
> I suppose such callous disregard is to be expected, given Townsend's
> disrespectful remarks to Rolling Stone following the deaths of several of
> their fans in Cincinnati prior to a concert there in 1979 ("We sent
flowers
> to their f*cking funerals").
>
> We reap what we sow. Grant Burgess has insightfully called attention to
the
> fact that as Entwistle's mortal remains are being laid to rest an ocean
> away, Daltry and Townsend will be on stage rocking out. But then The Who
> were never as tight-knit socially as their 40+ years of professional
> association would lead one to believe.
>
> Even so, I'm puzzled by how manager Bill Curbishley could allow for them
to
> proceed as if nothing has happened. Perhaps it really is as simple as
> someone else has said: "Money talks...loudly". It sure
> does. On that note, those with tickets paid "Who In Concert" rates for
> what's now little more than a "Daltry/Townsend" compromise.
>
> Sometimes the show should not go on. Gentlemen, this is one of them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve A. Jones