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Originally Posted by TheGreenBlues
I'd loved to have seen Peter play with the likes of Keith Moon and John Entwistle. Not taking from Mick and John as their style is different but Moon and Entwistle were a power house.
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Moon and Entwhistle were indeed a powerhouse and I love the Who , but (and I my be doing him an injustice )how would Moon have dealt with Need Your Love So Bad .for example ,I just don't think he was even capable of being as restrained and sympathetic as Mick was ,(not to mention the slow burning build up in the middle section ) , On two occasions I have seen Mick do very very flash things on the drums -things that, if you'd just heard it without knowing who it was doing it , you would say "that can't be Mick Fleetwood drumming" it was so out of character compared to his FM stye (in any FM era )
But he is wise enough or sensitive enough to, as he says himself, "Keep it Simple " cause that's what is required for the overal effect of the band The shuffle section at the end of Black Magic Woman would be a good example of this effective simplicity ! You've opened a can of worms here - without Moon are the Who as good as they were and therefore is Pete Townsend as effective as he was with without Moon backing him (more like Moon leading him ) ? What would Pete Townsend sound like backed by Mick and John- I can't see that working ?