Posted 8:52 PM by John A. Seafisk

John Entwhistle, I Hardly Knew Ye

John Entwhistle passed away today. He was the bassist for The Who. Even though the band retired in 1982, they still kept touring.

I liked The Who. I liked John's unemotional, stone-faced bass-playing. One of my favorite Who songs is the John-written & John-vocaled "Boris The Spider". I like because I haven't heard it in any car commercials...nor any Raid or other insect-killing chemical adverts.

I also enjoyed his vocals in the The Who's version of "Summertime Blues". He's the low, gruff voice you hear saying "I'd like to help ya, son, but you're too young to vote." I'd place mp3 links here, if I had the technical tools & know-how, and a lot of money to dole out for the songs' Internet royalties.

It's too bad. It was also bad when George Harrison died. With the recent passings of such admirable rock & roll greats, it worries me if there are any current musical performers or groups that can match the skill AND deserve the long-term worship these past stars have received..."long-term" meaning more than one music generation. Britney? N'SYNC? Limp Bizkit? That guy who sung "I must've been high"?

Oh, please. Today's popular music is crap. And it will only get more under-talented & more over-produced....meaning it'll get a whole lots worse.

And you can stick that up your ya.