I think of Entwistle's as the first major "classic rock" death that didn't cause much of a stir, like there were never going to be murals of him in heaven playing bass with Bob Marley and John Lennon. This was also pre-social media, so you didn't yet have everyone posting their favourite version of "Cousin Kevin" and getting sentimental. Partly he wasn't that well-known as an individual, partly his persona didn't inspire that kind of closeness to the public, partly everyone was older and even the tawdry nature of his demise didn't provoke the expected mourning.I remember Townshend writing that John's mother told him at the funeral, "he never loved you".
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:23 (eight months ago) link
It was kind of an event. My local CR station did a whole evening of Who requests and listener stories (I'm in Houston, so there was some great stuff coming in about the bust after their concert at the Summit in '76) capped by an front-to-back airing of the new Ultimate Collection at midnight.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:31 (eight months ago) link
It does feel like the first Classic Rock death that ultimately came down in the minds of many that "Well, he was an old guy..."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:34 (eight months ago) link
I saw the Who--eight? ten?--years ago, whenever they were touring Quadrophenia. It was kind of sad. The highlights were the video clips of Moon and Entwistle. The latter was a total prick, but my god he could play.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:35 (eight months ago) link
XP For comparison, when George Harrison died several months before, that same station went all-Beatles/George for a whole weekend, running through a daily A-Z of Beatles songs and pulling out a ton of archival material like a Cloud Nine-era Rockline.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:38 (eight months ago) link
My local “classic rock” station played exactly one Who song that day, “Behind Blue Eyes” — not exactly an Entwistle showcase. I remember Townshend writing that John's mother told him at the funeral, "he never loved you".John was all over the place. I’ve seen interviews where he praised Tommy to the skies, even saying the Broadway performance he saw moved him to tears. But in the autobiographical parts of his biography (which is otherwise riddled with errors) he angrily goes on and on about how Tommy didn’t make any sense and how much he hated it. He was frustrated when the Who weren’t touring, went millions into debt to finance his solo tours, a Who tour would bail him out (playing some of the Tommy songs he supposedly hated), then he’d go back out with his own band, rinse and repeat. Did he hate Pete for not touring enough with the Who? Should Pete and Roger have been at John’s beck and call when he needed a Who tour for the dough? Should Pete and Roger have personally financed John’s collections of taxidermied fish and medieval armor?As he said in 1989 when asked about the beer company sponsorship for their reunion tour, “I can think up good reasons for doing things wrong. I live much easier that way.”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:02 (eight months ago) link
The Kids Are AlrightI Cant ExplainArmenia City In The SkyBaba O'RileyTattooAnyway Anyhow AnywhereOur Love WasSo Sad About UsWont Get Fooled AgainI'm A Boy
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 10:28 (eight months ago) link
The Kids Are AlrightI Cant ExplainTattooHappy JackOur Love WasSo Sad About UsA Quick One, While He's AwayI Can't Reach YouI Can See For MilesBaba O'Riley
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:49 (eight months ago) link
my imaginary band should do a set of just like, lame Who POX rejoinder songs eg
My Kids Are Fucked UpI Can Explain-- Ted Talks and Slide DecksDepressed JackoYour Hate IsSo Awesome About UsNo Quick Ones Ever-- The Incel's LamentFooled AgainBrother Mosh Pit, Sadly InevitableBrighton City (the sea is really brown)In Fact, I'm Not Whatever You SayBaba O'Reilly Autoparts
― juan epshteyn-- r.i.c.o., but suave tambien (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 15:12 (eight months ago) link
Should Pete and Roger have been at John’s beck and call when he needed a Who tour for the dough?
I remember hearing a parody song on a classic rock station during their 1989 tour: "Won't Go Broke Again".
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 20:48 (eight months ago) link