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The Who's John Entwistle Dead

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the put-on-my-red-boots-and-take-a-long-long-drive dept.

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.

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  1. Re:It's always sad to see musicians and talent go. by Usquebaugh · · Score: 1, Troll

    Own up Mr. Katz you've started posting under an alias, have you not?

  2. Oh sure! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Commander Taco likes a band, the bassist dies, the guy gets celebrity treatment. What about Stephen King? Alan Thicke? Huh?!? Where's the respect?!?!

  3. Re:Off topic by Black+Jack+Hyde · · Score: 0, Troll
    Because a lot of nerds/geeks/whatever happened to have been music fans at some point in their lives, and of those fans it isn't unreasonable to think a number of them were Who fans.

    And if Douglas Adams, author, rates a mention, why not John Entwhistle, musician?

    Doesn't /. post a story on the music industry every other day anyway? ("It's fun to slam the R-I-A-A...")

    Or maybe Taco's a Who fan and wanted to show his appreciation with a mention here.

    I can live with it.

    Jack

  4. I thought.... by zulux · · Score: 0, Troll

    .... this was a nerd website. Wake me up when Yahoo Serious, the inventer of the pocket protecter, or one of the *BSDs dies.

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    1. Re:I thought.... by Saint+Nobody · · Score: 1, Troll

      jackass.

      a man who is loved and respected by a lot of people here has died. if you don't care that he died, then don't post. have some bloody respect.

      this has been a pet peeve of mine for a while. whenever slashdot posts about somebody dying, there's a pile of insensitive clods like you that post about how it's not news for nerds and doesn't matter.

      even if you have no inclination to mourn yourself, let other people deal with his death in peace, without having to deal with fuckwads who find it appropriate to comment that the death is irrelevant, and it shouldn't have been posted. go lurk under a bridge somewhere, and if you don't like the tread, leave it alone.

      and now for a moment of silence to honor the departed:











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  5. The Who? by sheepab · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who were they?

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  6. Re:a sad day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    well, he IS a notorious homosexual, so he'll probably fit right in with the Slashdot massive. He's so queer my arse hurts just thinking about him.

  7. Re:Off topic by Alizarin+Erythrosin · · Score: 1, Troll

    "News for nerds. Stuff that matters. "

    I'm sure it matters to alot of people here

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  8. Re:Hope I die before I get old. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  9. No spoiler warning? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Great, now you've ruined it for those of us on the west coast.

  10. /., your one stop shop. by ayeco · · Score: 0, Troll

    /., your one stop shop for news.

  11. Re:not me! by LinuxIsDyingGuy · · Score: -1, Troll
    It is official; Netcraft confirms: *The Who is ying

    One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Who community when Yahoo! confirmed that a Who musician has dropped yet again, now they are down to less than a fraction of 66% percent of all members. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that The Who has lost more band members, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The Whoe is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by coming dead last in the recent MTV comprehensive music test.

    You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict The Who's future. The hand writing is on the wall: The Who face a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for The Who because The Who is dying. Things are looking very bad for The Who. As many of us are already aware, The Who continues to lose market share. Blood flows like a river of red ink.

    Who member "Ox" is the most endangered of them all, having lost 26% of his body to decomposition. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time The Who member "Ox" only serves to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: The Who is dying.

    Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

    Who leader Roger Daltrey states that there are 7000 fans of The Who. How many fans of "Ox" were there? Let's see. The number of Who versus "Ox" posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 "Ox" fans. The Who posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Elvis posts. Therefore there are about 700 fans of The Who. A recent article put The Who at about 60 percent alive. Therefore there are now (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 The Who fans. This is consistent with the number of Who Usenet posts.

    Due to the troubles of the music business, abysmal sales and so on, The Who went out of existance and was taken over by MCA Records who sells more troubled BS. Now MCA Records is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.

    All majr surveys show that The Who has steadily declined in market share. The Who is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If The Who is to survive at ll it will be among music dilettante dabblers. The Who continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, The Who is dead.

    Fact: The Who is ying

  12. Guess what? by LighthouseJ · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who cares? No, that's not supposed to be funny, The Who was a stupid band popular a long time ago, no one cares, get over it! This isn't important, he wasn't important. You better be prepared for July 4th, both for the festivities and any disasters.

  13. Re:Oasis? Radiohead? by unitron · · Score: 1, Troll
    You kinda left out The Yardbirds. You know, the band that Clapton, Page, and Beck (no, not him, Jeff Beck) all played for at one time or the other.

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    List of bands with underappreciated guitar players (mostly because of the keyboard player):
    The (Young) Rascals
    The Guess Who
    The Doors

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