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The Who's John Entwistle Dead
crazyj was among several Slashdot readers who, knowing my obsession with the greatest band of all time, submitted that The Who's John Entwistle died. His death occured one day before the start of their
summer tour. The Ox was an amazing bassist, and I'm glad I got to see him play. Those fingers would just fly up that fretboard. He'll be missed.
(n/t)
Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever
last song
I'd like to say that the Who was great. Its a sad thing to see that guy wasted.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Entwistle, the bass player for veteran British rock band The Who, died in Las Vegas on Thursday at age 57, just one day before the group was set to begin a North American tour in the city, the Clark County Coroner said.
Entwistle, a bearded, taciturn type affectionately known as "Ox," died at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, said coroner Ron Flud. An investigation was under way into the cause of death, he added.
The Who, known for such hits as "My Generation," "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," were scheduled to begin their three-month tour in a small club at the hotel.
With Entwistle's death, The Who are down to just two original members, singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend. Original drummer Keith Moon died of an accidental pill overdose in 1978.
In addition to playing bass, Entwistle helped out on backing vocals. His songwriting contributions to The Who were sporadic, mostly limited to a few album tracks and B-sides. He released a half-dozen solo albums.
Entwistle, who was born in the London suburb of Chiswick on Oct. 9, 1944, joined Daltrey in a forerunner of The Who in the early 1960s while working as a tax clerk. The band ultimately took shape in 1964 and made an immediate impression with its "Mod" stylings and its expensive habit of trashing all its stage equipment after each set.
Who?!
Sorry to hear that, the band was truely great live. His fingers did fly. He will be missed.
English rock music has truly lost a great figure.
He touched many lives, and his music will carry on his spirit.
:(
"I'm a rocket man / Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone." - Sir Elton John
the article didn't specify...
It is always a sad thing to see talent leave us for the great beyond, (due to someone perhaps being in public schools reading this I dare not say Heaven).
The Who was a great band. He will be missed. Let's all reflect on those great artists of all types that have all gone, but left us with great things. This isn't a time for arguement about music and bands, but a time for reflection and mourning for this man.
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"John Entwistle, the bass player for veteran British rock band The Who, was found dead of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room on Thursday, just one day before the group was set to begin a North American tour in the city, the Clark County Coroner said. "
They've been advertising the Who on the radio for the last two weeks. Looks like Ticketmaster has got a few refunds coming.
Yeah, THATS news for nerds....I mean, i know the bass guitar he played was electric, but really...
I picked up a bass guitar when I was in College from 1997 to 1981 because of players like John Entwistle. I will miss him. I had to sell it in the summer of 96 when I was out of work, and needed to eat. I get a chuckle every time I see the video for My Generation. When Moon, Townshend, and Daltrey start smashing things, John cradled his bass like a baby, and stepped away from them. Rest in peace, Ox.
The Uncoveror: It's the real news.
Ahhh, so now what do I do with my concert tickets for this tour?
Thanks John, we'll be seein' ya ole chap, ya done good!
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Does anyone remember
the spider.
amazing bass tone.
Someone should investigate VA Linux's accounting practices. I'm reasonably certain that I can buy slashdot between paychecks.
Now we have three.
:-)
Ann Landers - Talking girls out of going past 2nd base for years.
Darryl Kyle - Tried to keep guys off of first base.
John Entwhistle - More and more bass.
How does Lance Bass pronouce his last name? And is he being shot off anytime soon?
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"Entwistle died of a heart attack, ``nothing suspicious,'' Clark County fire spokesman Bob Leinbach said."
As a great musician and the most influential fingerstyle bassist in rock history he will be sorely missed. RIP.
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I agree.
It's another sad day. It's another hero that I'll miss.
Best of luck to you John.
I'm a pathalogic Who fan. Entwistle was an amazing bass player; he had the kind of chops you just don't see anymore. Not much to add, this sucks.
...the blistering bass workout on "The Real Me" on Quadrophenia. When I was going through serious issues with depression, this was my one of my favorite songs to slap on some headphones and just blast into my noggin. Between Daltrey's angry vocals, Moon's frantic drumming, Townsend's strumming, and Entwistle holding the whole thing together with an absolutely unbelievable performance, that song got me through many a rough night. It's a really sad day. John, here's to you. You'll be missed.
CNN said they are investigating his death. Mercury news says it was a heart attack.
As I stood in the lobby waiting for my key, I felt something strange happening to me.
I rushed up to my room and shut the door, the room was empty but I weren't alone no more.
Well a voice spoke to me but it weren't my own, someone was coming thru' on the psychic telephone.
He said "Hi Arsehole" I'm coming thru', let's have some fun now and smash up this room.
I wanna throw things out the window, I wanna smash up the room.
'Cause I've been possessed by, the spirit of Keith Moon.
Well out the window went the TV followed by the phone,
then we covered all the walls with fire extinguisher foam.
We tore the sink from the wall and let the bath overflow,
then watched it hit the pavement, ten floors below.
-- Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Jon Postel I undertand; Stevens makes sense. But how does a guy who played the Bass qualify as News for Nerds?
Man, that sucks. He was the best, no one could touch him. There is no doubt The Who are one of the most influental bands of the 20th century and he was a big part of that. I always admired how he kept his cool on stage in the midst of Keith's flailing, Roger's spinning and Pete's windmilling. He'll be missed.
Didn't they contribute to the payola situation?
"Lets just say I know how to make any band sound like The Who." -- Ox
Entwistle died of a heart attack, ``nothing suspicious,'' Clark County fire spokesman Bob Leinbach said.
Commander Taco likes a band, the bassist dies, the guy gets celebrity treatment. What about Stephen King? Alan Thicke? Huh?!? Where's the respect?!?!
The,,,, who???
Is that because educated people know that the existence of "Heaven" is extremely unlikely (unless by "Heaven" you mean grave/crematorium)?
If Taco allows it tp be posted here, it's a Slashdot topic. It's his playground, afterall.
And John will be missed.
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
Fare thee well John.
"Boris The Spider"
Look, he's crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Now he's dropped on to the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he's as scared as me
Where's he gone now, I can't see
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn't seem to move at all
Perhaps he's dead, I'll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
He's come to a sticky end
Don't think he will ever mend
Never more will he crawl 'round
He's embedded in the ground
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
I hope i get old before I die...
No, more because the 9th circuit wants god out of school.
Tibbon
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(sniff)
-- it's ridiculous how many people misspell ridiculous... (damn, damn, damn...)
Ouch, bad pun in subject. But so far this year Harrison and Entwistle have passed on. I hope John Paul Jones isn't next...
I was talking to a co-worker today about how much we were both looking forward to seeing The Who at Madison Square Garden in August. Having had the good fortune of seeing them twice on their last tour, and once during the Quadrophenia tour in 1996, I agree with the sentiment that Entwistle was one of the finest rock bassists ever. Watching his fingers during his bass solo on 5:15 during the Quadrophenia tour was like watching a frenetic genius.
Thank you, John...
You'd think they'd have learned from the lone gunmen,
Or just abandoned the tour?
They must have planned, and spent quite a bit of money already...
"Look where we worship" -- Jim Morrison
That's a chilling and positively beautiful comment.
*SIGH*
I did get to see him play the single greatest bass line in all of Rock and Roll once.
It was at a huge stadium in LA, but I was close enough to see the transparent spiderweb design on his bass during the solo but in _My Generation_. Of course that fact that he was talking to stage hand or someone as he played it flawlessly only added to my esteem for him.
Creepy crawly creepy crawly...
*SIGH*
=tkk
Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
Truly an amazing bassist. Pity he didn't write more.
"My Wife"
My life's in jeopardy
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since Friday night
And now my wife is coming after me
Give me police protection
Gonna buy a gun so
I can look after number one
Give me a bodyguard
A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
And I'm oh so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest some time so
I can get to run some more
She's comin'!
She's comin'!
"I won't mod you down - I feel the need to call you a twit explicitly, rather than by implication."
August 11 1957 to 24 September 1993.
I had no idea there was music before Britney Spears. Neat.. What's this "Guitar" thing you speak of? Is it kinda like a midi box?
The first rock concert I ever went to was the Who at Madison Square Garden in 1979. It's still just about the best concert I've been too. I was deaf for two days and grinning for a week after. I still have the ticket and do you know what the price was? $9.50! And they were good seats!
Oh well, Rest in Peace, Ox.
It's not a hot swappable drive, it's a person who contributed a great deal to the band over a long time, and lacking that, you'd never find anyone who could play bass like him. Queen couldn't replace Freddy Mercury and the Who can't replace John.
the 4th final last tour?
This is not a dream, not a dream...we are transmitting from the year 1-9-9-9.
My heart sank, then I realized it wasn't Dr. Who, but "The" Who.
Now wouldn't that be a fitting tribute, not without a touch of irony?
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
They did take the piss out of this type of thing. You can see the image here.
I wonder if there is a reason why the underrated songwriters in legendary bands (cf. G. Harrison) have gone. Probably just a coincidence.
Rest in peace.
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Death will come, and will have your eyes
-- Pavese
That physically hurt when I read it.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
We haven't seen this many celebrity rock deaths since the 70's !!! Is it a strange metaphysical coincidence...or some lame conspiricy, especially since most of these people haven't contributed much in the last few years:
:-)
Aliyah
Lisa Left Eye Lopez
Robin Crosby
Randy Castillo
Joey Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Layne Staley
Scott Smith (Loverboy...ok THAT one was a stretch
and NOW John Entwistle....
Wtf ?!??!!?
As long as Roger and Pete continue to play, The Who will be alive.
The Ox will be missed. I also seem to be regretting not shelling out the $65 to see them on their last tour.
The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
Who were they?
In college, really poor, need a flatscreen.
Come over here.
I want to feel your leather.
You have got to love a band that has an album called
:-(
"Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy"
Rest In Peace John
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Who's John Entwistle?
good god the trolls are taking over. Now we just need some hot grits and beowulf clusters and we'll be all set.
OK, we know who CmdrTaco thinks is the greatest band of all time but how about we put the question to the /. community as a whole?
/. polls tell you: "Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.")
Here are some suggestions for bands that might make up poll options:
The Beach Boys
The Eagles
The Beatles
Oasis
Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
U2
The Who
Of course, feel free to add your own suggestions as to who should appear on the poll. We might not get a poll but we can at least discuss it.
(And, as all
I'll suggest the poll topic in a day or two. OK, it's over to the rest of you - who should and shouldn't be on the poll?
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
when we can steal his music from Gnutella and listen to him 24/7.
Nevertheless, I still consider him to be at the top of my list of Great Bassists. Rest In Peace, brother musician. We shall all miss you greatly.
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Taco, please tell me, because I'm confused. How can you think The Who is the greatest band of all time, and still like (or even listen to) Eminem? WTF?
A sad day for Mods everywhere.
How is a bassist a hero? Hero is a grossly misused term, applied to everyone from musicians to people who had buildings collapse on them. Forgive me if this guy is a 60's era Bono, and all that, but I seriously doubt he was more than a drug addled hippie musician.
Hmmm. .
It seems, them, as Slashdot becomes Entertainment Tonight, you have become what you hate.
By the way, what's a good Pinot Gris with pheasant?
A great bassist, yes, but this isn't news for nerds. If Geddy Lee died, that would be news for nerds.
Or Chris Squire, Greg Lake, John Wetton, maybe.
Allow me to introduce a proper list of greatest rock bands of all time:
The Rolling Stones
The Doors
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
The Who
The Zombies
The Animals
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bush Lies Watch
I'm serious -- Wilco is fucking awesome, and their newest album is even better than their previous ones. They are also one of the few bands that allow fans to tape their shows.
I hope I don't get bitchslapped for this but I don't understand.
CmdrTaco is a Who fan yet he disses the disc golfers? Doesn't make much sense considering we are one in the same audience.
Sure some disc golfers might not be Who fans, yet they substitute with others like Zeppelin, Rush, etc, etc...
Get your Unix fortune now!
Were they any good? I saw them (or it might've been just Daltry) on TV not too long ago, and I was really unimpressed. Roger Daltrey in particular seemed more like Michael Bolton than his past self. It was nothing like the music of theirs that got me through high school (yeah, 20 years after it was released). I'm pissed that I never got a chance to see them live, but by the time I was old enough to drive, Keith Moon was long gone and they were well past their prime. Although I really enjoyed "It's Hard," I sometimes wish they would've grown more with the times, like say, King Crimson. But that's just me being selfish. I've actually heard tha Entwistle did some solo work though. Has anybody heard it? How is it?
Anyhoo, even if they had released nothing more than Quadrophenia (their best, IMHO, and it also has Entwistle's best work on it) and spent the rest of their lives sipping mint juleps on a cottage by the beach, John (and the rest ot them when their time comes) will still be missed by me. Missed, with gratitude.
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CNN's Connie Chung at the 7:30edt newsbreak: "... Entwistle was noted for the emotion of his playing."
Right.
"My friends are dead! They may be your fucking icons but they're my fucking friends!"
My will imposes her chastity upon my death. It says, "Funny or money, honey?"
When I used to play in a band, the guy I used to bring my gear to to get modified and repaired was John's bass tech during his solo tours. He said that John knew his bass rig was loud enough when he could hold a match a few feet in front of the cabinet and it would get blown out when he hit a note. Thats just cool. I hope that the remaining members have enough class to go on without using the name The Who - if Jimmy Page and Robert Plant can pull off a successful tour without the moniker Led Zepelin, than Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend can do it too (sorry, but a band is the whole band, not just the front men).
Sound waves should be free!
and I am so sick and tired of those Gallaghers trying to get attention and bitching all the time. What a bunch of idiots.
my teenage anthem
smash your head against the wall
entwistle broke through
Everyone is hung up on Quadrophenia, but if you haven't already you should check out "Live At Leeds"... it is a fantastic album and really highlights The Who's ability to invoke raw emotion in an audience. Reminds me of Jim Morrison in that way, music that can shake you down to your bones...
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"How does Lance Bass pronouce his last name? And is he being shot off anytime soon? :-)"
They'll just replace him with the constant stock of animatronic dummy replicas they have on hand.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
Did you have to put it in the headline of the story and spoil it for thus of us on the west coast who haven't read the news yet?
(I'm originally from Toronto, the Who's favourite concert town, so don't flame me.)
Has it been over a year since you last donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation
/., your one stop shop for news.
Face it, Trent is a musical fucking genius, more so than any of the washed up has-beens you mention!
Your list was totally cool except for this omission.
"that's not encryption - it's a new perl script that I'm working on..." - from some Matrix parody
My Generation was the reason I picked up a guitar when I was 12, and Moon has always been my favorite drummer. Every band I've ever loved since has been influenced by The Who (Stooges, Dead Boys, Ramones). John always came across as low key and classy amidst a lot of insanity (although I'm sure he had his moments) .
/., music is in everyone (even us geeks). John was truly one the great ones. I will miss him. Goodbye Boris.
As for whether this should be on
UPN just aired the Simpson's episode that guest stars The Who. (6pm PST)
(nt)
John Entwhistle died today.
After the end of period when the Beatles could
still channel my adolescent angst and rage
(a period doubtless extended with a fixation on
John L.) and the start of the period
when I realized the punk and arty new wave
were the dynamic movements (or moments) of my generation
and the place where I wanted to be, I had The Who.
John Entwhistle was the first rock musician who
inspired me (not that the inspiration took)
purely in a musical sense. He
was the only rock bassist to turn the bass guitar
in a solo instrument thru sheer virtuosity
(McCartney's bass, the only other bassist
that ever made an impression on me*,
could stand out by virtue of its melodiousness).
He was a musical Atlas on which the band rested in part,
and rhythmically he was an integral unit with the legendary
Keith Moon. And this integration was necessary given that Moon,
a great innovator,
was turning the drums themselves into a kind of melodic instrument.
I find it odd that some of the most grounded seeming of
Sixties Rock Icons (John E. and George Harrisson) are dying
off at these relatively young ages. They avoided the
extravagance that killed off the Glorious Dead (Hendrix, Jones,
Joplin, etc). Of course, maybe appearing low key in an art
form based on explosive expressiveness implies that one has
one of those unhealthy personalities that holds too much in.
Or maybe it doesn't imply anything except, to quote Auden,
"all the instruments agree, the day of his death was a dark
cold day."
* the one exception is Tony Visconti playing on Bowie's
The Man Who Sold The World, especially songs like Width Of A Circle
and Black Country Rock.
It is by coff... er, will, alone I set my mind in motion...
All I can say is that I am thankful for everything Ox gave to the world of music. I had tickets to see the Who monday at the Hollywood Bowl, and was also lucky enough to see Roger Daltrey play with a local band at a small club called Coozie's in Sherman Oaks, CA. The only information that I had going in was that there was a special guest playing with the regular act. Imagine my surprise when I not only saw Roger at the club, but then join the band on stage. They played four Who songs, including Pinball wizard. After seeing the performance and how amazing Roger was live, I became even more optimistic towards the upcoming concert. 12 hours later I found out the news, and all I could think about weird the recent events had been.
LONG LIVE ROCK!!
We'll miss you John!
just this morning I was reading about The Who's upcoming tour in Yahoo. I thought it was cool, but now I guess I'll have to watch The Who Live At The Isle Of Wright DVD again this weekend. music lives on forever, thanks john.
RIP JE
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You can stop running now buddy...... You and your mates got me through high school. Thanks John
Muahahahahahah!!!
Thanks, John. We hardly knew ye...
ciao,
-xbytor
Goodbye John. At least I got to see you play a few times.
Part of me keeps hoping this is just another practical joke from The Who. I guess those days died with Keith.
I consider it lucky - at least he played on http://www.mule.net (Gov't Mule) End of the Deep End Vol. 1. *sigh* sorry to see such a good man die.
-- -=innocent ramblings from the mind of an insomniatic programmer=-
Its great that many people in their teens and twenties recognize the fact that rock music is just not as good today as it once was. I defy you to name a single current band that has the power and creativity of The Who in their heydey. And they were but one of several.
I salute Slashdot for pointing out the corruption in the music industry and pushing for a music scene that is less corporate-controlled and more vibrant and creative.
This to me is definitely stuff that matters. Goodbye John, thanks for all the great tunes.
No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?
In March of '96, my company flew me to Chicago for a week on business. The first night I was there, one of my co-workers showed me around town. I saw the sights, and quite a few bars. We were staying at the Omni Ambassador East Hotel, so our last stop of the night was the Pump Room, the hotel restaurant and bar. We ordered some glasses of Cabernet at the bar, and settled down to discuss the agenda for the following day. As we were speaking, two gentleman and and a few ladies came in and took positions on bar stools very nearby to me. I looked over and recognized Mr. Entwhistle. After talking with my friend about the star-sighting, I asked the bartender what he was drinking, and if he would mind if I bought him one. She said she'd ask. A couple of minutes later, she stopped near him and motioned towards me. He looked over, I nodded my head and smiled, and he nodded back. He accepted the drink, and continued speaking with his friends. Being totally hammered from drinking all night, I thought that was pretty cool. A nod from a legendary rock star. Wow! A few more minutes passed, and we decided that we should probably get some sleep, since we actually had to work the next day. With my alcohol-soaked balls-of-steel, I took a pen and a "Pump Room" bar napkin and approached him. "Mr. Entwhistle?" I said. He looked at me with a bemused expression. "Yes?" he said. "I would like to thank you for the great music you and your band have put out over the years, and it's a pleasure to meet you. Could I please get your autograph?" I proferred him the pen and bar-nap. He took them, signed his name, and returned them to me. "Thank you very much," I said. "Quite alright," he replied. With that, my co-worker and I returned to our rooms, and passed out.
The Who was supposed to play here (LA) in 2 days. It is a great loss to the fans of the band in particular, and to Rock and Roll in general. Mr. Entwhistle was a class act. Thanks for the memories.
-Sy
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
-pm
i'm thankful to have had the chance to see The Ox live last year with the Walk Down Abbey Road tour. that was the first time i had seen him live. i had a vacation planned to see the Who this August ...
Well, I guess I will have to celebrate the passing of another great musician to the Great Gig in the Sky.
Us Celts believe that when a person dies, thet go to the Otherworld, a place that is better than this...think if your idealistic summer day, not too hot, not too cold. Many of your friends are there, and you meet other who become your friend. Then, when you are rested and ready to take on this World again, you are reborn here, which is why Celts mourn a birth.
Damn, that must be a great jam session, John arriving there to see Jim Morrison and Jimmy Hendrix on stage, and suddenly the there is a sound from behind the drum kit, and Keith Moon comes storming out from behind the drums and gives John a bone crushing hug and says "I hate to see you here so soon, but I am going to love playing with you again!"
ttyl
Farrell
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Who could argue with this?
Rush is the most underrated, overtalented band ever.
Several years ago, I saw Roger Daltry in concert with some orchestra.
Guess who made a guest appearance?
Listening to "My Wife" LIVE ranks as #1. Totally rocks. The Kids are Alright live cut is #2, and I can't stand the watered down studio cut. Some Who songs were just meant to be performed live.
Pretty sure it rhymes with "ass" (as it should!), but I'm not even close to having a clue about anything to do with them, so don't take my guess as gospel...
And take a long, long drive...
To those young-uns who don't realize just Who this man and his band are/were, here's some of John's words inviting you to take up where they leave off...
I know you young and dumb
I know where you're comin' from
Don't know where you're goin' to
but I bin there same as you
I know you middle age
same song, different page
I know what you're going through
made the same mistakes as you
It's your turn, step up and take it
If you've got the guts to hang on
you can make it
Come on, take it!
(from the album "It's Hard")
Here I am, in Washington, set to see the ultimate rock show in 9 days. The day after my birthday, in fact. I missed them when they were here in 2000, and I was literally shaking with joy to be able to afford tickets this time. This sucks. Yet another of the worlds finest musicians is lost. Man. This really sucks.
He died 14 months ago - thats a wide spread.
check out the violent femmes.
Back when Devo was new, I had some eye trouble, and got it worked on at the U.C.Berkeley opthamology school. Had to walk home wearing cardboard sunglasses -- and get razzed by the high school kids as I walked by there...
Oh, you mean Vanilla Ice 2.0?
The Who is an embarrassment to Rock and Roll. How many times have they toured after their "Who's Last" tour? They had their 25th Anniversary tour, which I went to, their Tommy tour, their Quadrophenia tour, and then several tours after that. My God, hopefully this is enough to stop them, but I can still see the dollar signs in Townshend's eyes. I can't believe they licensed Bargain to Mazda, I CALL THAT A BARGAIN, THE BEST I EVER HAD! Or Tommy's Overture to a fucking antihistamine. HOW THE FUCK DARE HE!?!!?!??? The Overture is one of the few sacred cows of Rock and Roll! That mother fucking SELL OUT!!!
And this is from someone who listened to the Who strictly, from Grade 8 to Grade 12. They changed my life. At one point, I could identify any Who song within less than 1 second. I still have all their cassettes, except for, of course the dozens of repeat "Best Of"'s that they have released over the past 20 years (They are second only to Jimi Hendrix in re-releasing their songs). I still think the young Townshend is one of the greatest musicians and rock and roll geniuses of all time and Quadrophenia is still one of my favorite albums ever. I still get tears in my eyes when I listen to Tommy's Overture and his guitar playing.
Seeing them whore themselves out year after year makes me absolutely sick. Please, guys, go out with dignity. They should have stopped after Keith Moon died. Replacing him with Kenney Jones was a tragedy. Please, NO MORE SELLING OUT YOU CORPORATE WHORES
I had hoped to see them play this summer....I do hope that the remaining two stick together though... Godspeed, John Entwistle. You, Elvis, John Lennon, George Harrison and Roy Orbison will make up one hell of a band up there.....
OK, they're not exactly Rock&Roll, and there were other people who also played Reggae, and I'm mainly a Deadhead, and the Beatles had more overall influence, but you really can't leave out Bob Marley and the Wailers. They brought Reggae out to the world and turned on a generation of people to their part of Caribbean music, brought communication between their culture and the outside world, had serious political messages and uniqueness when much of the music business was turning into photocopied prefab pablum, and of course, tragically died too young.
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don't even compare these hacks with someone like entwhistle. you insensitive clod.
calr
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Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
Mod me down and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine...
And Carlos Santana just keeps rockin' along.
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Entwistle was fantastic to watch during The Who performances. I had the privilege to see them twice (1982 and 1989, Folsom Field-Boulder, CO) and both times, Entwistle just appeared to be the foundation for Daltry and Townsend's chaos. It is sad that the popular media is not attributing him with his most autobiographical song, "The Quiet One". It is a great some that help me find some identity as a "loner youth". The final stanza seemed to sum up his role in The Who. I ain't never had time for words that don't rhyme My head is in a cloud I ain't quiet - everybody else is too loud
Carl
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Costello: Are you the manager?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names.
Abbott: Well I should.
Costello: Well then who's on stage?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the band's name.
Abbott: The Who.
Costello: The guys on stage.
Abbott: The Who.
Costello: The first act.
Abbott: The Who.
Costello: The guy playing...
Abbott: Who is on stage!
Costello: I'm asking you who's on Stage.
Abbott: That's the band's name.
Costello: The Who's name?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: The Who?
Abbott: Yes.
I too was inspired to play bass by John Entwistle. The bass parts on every Who record are very powerful. He was an innovator. He was the first to use roundwound strings. Read the paragraph on a pack of RotoSound RS-66 strings, "Other bassists quickly followed his lead." He brought the bass out front and raised the bar. His unique, aggressive piano hammer right hand technique gave him the distinctive tone we associate with the Who. I saw the '75 tour in Greensboro. Moon was sober and in good form. He and Entwistle bulldozed their way through that show. Too this day, that rates as my favorite concert. Entwistle had no gimmicks. He was all about great playing.
Long Live Rock!
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On ABC's "World News Now" late-night news program they did a nice tribute to John, and a surprisingly long one for a mainstream media outlet. (I'd estimate about two minutes in a thirty-minus-commercials program.) They showed and played clips of the Who while they talked about his life.
Also, right after their tribute came their weather segment, where they traditionally play music and show zoo clips while listing world-wide temperatures. This morning they played "Boris the Spider" during the clip, announcing it as one of John's songs before they started. (Also, amusingly, the zoo clip was of a small flock of penquins wandering through a town.)
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
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John, thank you for the inspiration you provided me when I was starting out on bass. After 15 years of playing, I still find joy in listening to you play. I tried to emulate you as best I could when I played your parts in "Tommy" for the stage. I'm happy I got to see you live sharing your amazing talent with us, and I'll dedicate a song to you on Saturday night at my gig, if only to console those of us playing. RIP brother.
geddit?
Here is a link to some of John Entwistle's and the Who's music.
Is that The missing link or just A missing link?
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
All your bass are belong to us.
RIP.
I just heard the sad news on talk radio. The Who's John Entwistle was found dead in his Las Vegas hotel this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy such hits as "My Generation," "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled Again", there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly a British icon. He will be missed :(
Long live rock! Be it dead or alive.
I'm sure glad I got to see The Who perform live at least once in my lifetime, at the Cotton Bowl on Sept 3, 1989 with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughn and The Who. Oh, man, what a show that was. Peace be with you John Entwistle.
I sentence you to death penalty if you don't make it into old age.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
... the "Kronos Quartet" or the "Emerson String Quartet" I declare you an snobist rocker.
IANAL but write like a drunk one.
This is a "Stephen king died" troll, right ?
I was a teenager waaaaaay back in the 60's, and I'm still here (barely tho).
Ya'll think us older folks, aren't hip to what's fresh and new, but some of us never grew up, and remain incogneito teens as adults.
Only suckers grow old inside.
If it don't GO... chrome it. ~ Frank Banks
i saw the who on their infamous tour a few decades ago during which several people were trampled to death in cincinnati. (i saw them a few dates after that incident, after which, the remaining dates switched to reserved seating only.)
despite the earlier tragedy, the band put on an amazing performance. roger daltry did his customary microphone antics, pete townshend bowled away on guitar...and john entwhistle stood there and played amazing music. he may not have been flashy, but he was their backbone.
he'll be missed.
When? Where? How?
Who?
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that understand binary and those that do not.
Since we are talking about a sometimes misunderstood, brilliant person who is no longer with us, let's talk about another.
Edward Alexander "Aleister" Crowley was not a Satanist. He did not sacrifice and eat a baby every day. He did not do a tenth of the things rumor have attributed to him. All he did, really, was write some rather interesting books about consciousness research. He was sort of a Victorian/Edwardian Tim Leary...in fact, Leary kind of adopted him as a spiritual predecessor. You can go so far as to say he was a consciousness hacker.
He was born into a very heavily Fundamentalist Christian family that made its fortune from owning a brewery...ironic because they were teetotalers and prohibition advocates. He was a willful child, and his mother took to calling him "The Beast" because of his mischeviousness and annoying habit of questioning the authority of his parents. Get called that a few times, it sticks.
Eventually he wound up in a boarding school, where he started reading material other than the Bible, like treatises on Buddhism and Yoga. He also discovered that the Far East did not have a monopoly on spirituality, and got very interested in Western magick. At age 16 he was accepted into two organizations that shaped him: the Golden Dawn and a "primitive Masonic order." He studied voraciously and rose up the ranks in both rapidly.
He also was openly bisexual in a period of time when it was a crime to be gay...witness the horrible treatment of a contemporary, Oscar Wilde. This made many in the Golden Dawn very, very uncomfortable, and eventually he was expelled.
He turned around and started the Astrum Argentum, a magickal order which was intended to be leaderless, and in which socialization and group politics were short-circuited by a student of the order only having contact with one fellow student a grade higher in the order. The AA never evolved along the lines Crowley wanted it to be, and eventually settled into the more traditional structure it has now.
Crowley did experiment with "wine and strange drugs", no doubt about it. But the Heroin addiction that everyone criticises him about even this long after his death started due to his asthma. Narcotics, for a long period of time, were the only effective remedies for intractable asthma. When World War I brought steroids into the pharmacopia, he was effectively treated with them up until World War II. Since German pharmaceutical houses were the only manufacturers for steroids, he went back on opiates, and died with a horrible Heroin habit.
Many of the misconceptions about Crowley were self-spread...he was very concerned that a religious cult would spring up in his wake, and took great pains to make sure that enough dirt was spread to preclude anyone from posthumously deifying him. He would say outrageous things to reporters like the aforementioned sacrificing and eating of "a male child of perfect innocence and intelligence" daily when in reality he was making coded references to sex magick.
Crowley's most egregious "sin" in the eyes of the Victorian/Edwardian English establishment was suggesting that sex was not only not dirty and meant only for procreation, but that it could be a means for spiritual attainment. This was not a new proposition, by any means. This was something that was secretly passed on for millenia in China, India and the Middle East, primarily amongst the nobility of those regions.
Crowley was one of the first Westerners to openly teach Chinese, Hindu and pre-Islamic Middle Eastern Tantric traditions, and reveal their influence on the Knights Templar and the Rosicrucian Western magickal/alchemical tradition. Where for generations this information was passed along in heavy code, he decoded this information and spread it openly.
He went to his grave guilt-ridden. He had unwittingly helped start L. Ron Hubbard on his way, and dreaded what mischief this person, whom he once referred to as an "ignorant lout," could be capable of. He also blamed himself for helping Adolph Hitler achieve power, due to the fact that his representative in Germany was a Nazi sympathiser and had Hitler's ear, giving him German translations of the Book Of The Law and other materials.
It is questionable that he really helped either one along...Scientology is really a stew of Pop Psychology and currents of Pseudo-science that were popular in the 1940s, infused with heaping doses of Hubbard's own pulp Sci-Fi drivel. And anyone who has read Crowley's writings would tell that Thelema, his philosophy, and the philosophy of the Nazis were about as diametrically opposed as can be. Thelema is about individual empowerment and individuals mattering on an ethical/political level. Naziism is about the individual surrendering their will to the Leader and his hierarchy, and about one "race" being elevated above others. In Thelema, as is the view of modern science, there is no race other than the Human Race.
Crowley was not an ideal vehicle for the philosophy of Thelema. He held to some nasty racist views and a very low opinion of women which were directly opposed to the message of the Book Of The Law. One of the key phrases of Liber AL is "Every man and every woman is a star." There is no equivocation in that statement. No exception for sex, no exception for race. Maybe he wasn't ready for all the ramifications of that book. Oh well, he was a human being.
Crowley rejected the Christianity of his parents from childhood on. You cannot be a Satanist without believing in Satan's Opposite Number. If there is anything enduring in Crowley's legacy beyond his own writings, it is that he helped influence the formation of Neo-Paganism, the new religion that includes Wicca and other attempts to reconstruct pre-Monotheistic religion. Neo-Paganism is one of the fastest-growing religious beliefs in the world today, and we have Crowley partially to thank for that. Gerald Gardner, the founder of Wicca, was a student of Crowley's in the '20s.
Neo-Paganism is clearly a synthetic religion, created by human beings who are trying to forge a closer tie with the Spirit of the Planet, Whom we imperfectly refer to as The Goddess. However, these human-made myths seem to WORK. Neo-Paganism is sufficiently real enough for its thousands of practitioners worldwide. It provides an alternative to 7,000+ years of patriarchy and Angry Father Gods. If this is the only thing that Crowley accomplished, it cements his place as one of the most original spiritual thinkers of the 20th Century.
Don't forget John aslo played french horn. I think that fact alone qualifies him as being a nerd. Actually, he was an awesome horn player as well, listen to some of their old songs where he was playing horn, just awesome.
I believe all but one of the rules is legitimate. The one about fathering Britney Spears and age is irrelavent. Age does not mean greatness. I just had to disagree with that rule. I think it is stupid. Other than that... my top five of all time.
1. 311 (self explanitory really)
2. Sublime (Play "What I got" at a party and see how many people sing.
3. Nirvana (self explanitory)
4. The Cure
5. The Eagles
Yeah those are my picks... but that is just me.
~Char Lander
Brothers and sisters I have none, but this mans father is my fathers son
Much better that Steve and Garry were!d emand / ls_dbclk.smil&proto=rtsp&ads=1
That show was much about negative space (silences), similar to what Howard (Blecch!) Stern does.
BORING!
R&G have wonderful repartee' going every single day. They're not poseurs, and it shows.Their news guy is easily as funny as either one of them, but keeps it in his pants, when he's not on vacation (Hi,.Jim!).
They're utterly genuine.
you can listen to them at:
http://play.rbn.com/?url=abcradiog2/wlsam/g2
check them out!
Brak: What's THAT?
Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
You got the right idea Talkischeap. Barring accidents you're only as old as you let yourself become. I recommend liberal doses of concert. If you can't name a band to go see, the YOU REALLY NEED to just go and see one, anyone :) I've been saying for years that while I am getting older I don't plan on growing up, because adults ARE BORING.
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?