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To: Mr_Moonlight
HA! Well maybe a guitar or two get hurt in the case of The Who :)

Not often enough! Although the story is that at Woodstock, Abbie Hoffman got up onstage during The Who's set, and Pete literally kicked him in the ass, right off the stage.

Otherwise, I consider "Quadrophenia" to be fairly 'prog' in a sense --- especially the overture (Quadrophenia) and underture (The Rock)

I don't know. I tend to think of "prog" as more pretentious and overblown, and dragged out forever and ever.

Ramones ??? What can I say ?? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ... bang bang bang ... over and done with in 2 minutes flat --- NEXT !! Gotta love The Ramones :)

A true original. I liked them back in the late 70s, long before most people ever heard of them. :)

125 posted on 07/20/2009 7:42:33 AM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Although the story is that at Woodstock, Abbie Hoffman got up onstage during The Who's set, and Pete literally kicked him in the ass, right off the stage.

Audio of the incident:
The Who - Abbie Hoffman incident - Woodstock 1969

As well as some video(before and after the fact):
Woodstock: The Who vs. Abbie Hoffman

The look on Entwistle's face is priceless -- either he is in stunned awe of what just happened, or he is just simply saying: GET ON WITH IT !!! /lol

Otherwise, ya just don't intrude on Townshend's *space* onstage, ya just don't ... Abbie learned the hard way, as did some unfortunate good samaritan the following year at the Fillmore, when a small fire had erupted in a back room of the theatre ... the guy ran onstage to announce evacuation, and both Pete and Roger pounced on him!!!

Not often enough!

You wanna see an awesome smashing? Check this one out:
Exit Fender, Stage Left 2002

Only 6 days after Entwistle's demise, this guitar had been giving Pete trouble all night - from buzzing, going out of tune, etc ... finally at the end of WGFA a string breaks and it goes out of tune *and* buzzes .. thats all there is to it, this guitar has *GOT* to go!

Enjoy /lol,
MM

138 posted on 07/20/2009 7:10:04 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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