http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/02/08/ever-since-i-was-a-young-boy-i-played-the-silver-ball/ Adam Zagoria on hoops, recruiting and rock 'n' roll Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/02/08/ever-since-i-was-a-young-boy-i-played-the-silver-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-7545 Pirate4Ever Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:48:45 +0000 http://www.zagsblog.com/?p=28549#comment-7545 Yo Hoopcat, It's only rock n' roll, and I like it! Yo Hoopcat, It’s only rock n’ roll, and I like it!

]]> http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/02/08/ever-since-i-was-a-young-boy-i-played-the-silver-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-7543 Hoopcat Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:35:30 +0000 http://www.zagsblog.com/?p=28549#comment-7543 I was wondering beforehand if they were going to play the Claritin commercial, the Toyota commercial, or the theme intro to CSI. I was pretty sure they weren't gonna play the JC Penney commercial since "Let My Love Open the Door" was Townshend solo and not The Who. Let me put it another way. If Pete Townshend has so little respect for his music/songs that he's willing to give 'em up to anyone who writes a big enough check, then why should I have any respect for it? And on a related note, why hasn't any rock journalist called him out on it and at least asked him why the "show me the money" approach to all these songs that at one time had at least a fair amount of meaning for onetime kids like myself? I could understand it a little better if he said, "I got divorced 8 times", or "I snorted it all up my nose", or "I invested in the wrong Nigerian oil and gas venture", and so I'm broke and need the dough. Meanwhile, John Mellencamp gets absolutely vilified for the "This is Our Country" Chevy campaign. At least he had the guts to stand up and say that he felt he couldn't get any airplay in this day and age and this was another avenue through which to get his music heard. The Who are a joke and have been since their first "farewell tour". Too bad it wasn't. And next time I hear the trumpet flourishes from "Tommy" announcing how Claritin can help me, I think I'll quickly change the channel and hum a line or 2 from "Won't Get Fooled Again". I was wondering beforehand if they were going to play the Claritin commercial, the Toyota commercial, or the theme intro to CSI. I was pretty sure they weren’t gonna play the JC Penney commercial since “Let My Love Open the Door” was Townshend solo and not The Who. Let me put it another way. If Pete Townshend has so little respect for his music/songs that he’s willing to give ‘em up to anyone who writes a big enough check, then why should I have any respect for it? And on a related note, why hasn’t any rock journalist called him out on it and at least asked him why the “show me the money” approach to all these songs that at one time had at least a fair amount of meaning for onetime kids like myself? I could understand it a little better if he said, “I got divorced 8 times”, or “I snorted it all up my nose”, or “I invested in the wrong Nigerian oil and gas venture”, and so I’m broke and need the dough. Meanwhile, John Mellencamp gets absolutely vilified for the “This is Our Country” Chevy campaign. At least he had the guts to stand up and say that he felt he couldn’t get any airplay in this day and age and this was another avenue through which to get his music heard. The Who are a joke and have been since their first “farewell tour”. Too bad it wasn’t. And next time I hear the trumpet flourishes from “Tommy” announcing how Claritin can help me, I think I’ll quickly change the channel and hum a line or 2 from “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.

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