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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Agreed that without Moon and Entwistle they're not the same Who as in the past, but other bands have replaced members and still carried on as usual or done concerts. Kiss, Van Halen, Led Zepp, Floyd, all have played at one time or another with replacement members.
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Yes they did -- and not one ever approached the energy or punch of the original with their replacement lineup, IMO.
It's all a "taste thing," obviously. I'm not saying that anybody who likes the above bands just as much in their latter day forms is 'wrong,' because there's no right or wrong where music is concerned -- there's just what you like and what you don't.
I see The Who as a once-great band chasing past glory, and falling short of the standard they established in their salad days, but it doesn't affect my appreciation of the portion of their catalog that I have always enjoyed. It just means that while I'd have climbed Mt. Everest to see them live in the 60's/70's, in 2010 I might not even watch them on free TV from the comfort of my own couch.
In the end, I suppose I should really say "more power to them" because The Who has managed to sustain popularity for decades (literally), and across generations of listeners. That's an impressive feat by any measure.... whatever I may think of a guy in his sixties signing the line "hope I die before I get old."
