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When your acting debut involves playing a deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard in the first-ever rock opera, what do you do for an encore? If you're ROGER DALTREY, lead singer of The Who, you sign up to play that lovable old misanthrope Scrooge in the community-theater stalwart A Christmas Carol. When he takes the stage at Madison Square Garden later this month, Daltrey, 54, will perform not with his longtime bandmates but with the quaintly impoverished Cratchit family. Why would a rock star who once typified disaffected youth take on such a role? "It interested...
...Beatles' Let It Be the following year), Circus is a happy yank back to the days when the princes of rock's second generation could still glory in their good fortune. Do we look goofy in our sad-clown makeup (Bill Wyman) and peekaboo cowgirl togs (Roger Daltrey)? Well, we have fun looking goofy and playing loud music...
...late '70s, it all began to sour. Never the most together of bands, The Who suffered through intense personality clashes and general boredom. Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle all worked on solo projects and talked occasionally of splitting. Who Are You (1978), though by no means a bad effort, lacked the cohesiveness and consistency of Townshend's earlier work. And when Moon died of a drug overdose, a few months after the album's release, all were sure The Who would call it quits...
Townshend has a tortured, pessimistic view of the world. He paints, not unlike Bruce Springsteen, pictures of shattered dreams and lost illusions. And there are no easy answers. "People are suffering," growls Daltrey, "I'll sing it again...
Most important though, The Who are together as a group once more. Daltrey has rarely been of better voice. His rough, expressive style blends to perfection with Townshend's angelic harmonies. Entwistle-- who contributed three first rate rockers to this album--remains one of the most original bass players around. His trebly, ultra quick patterns are unmistakable. And most pleasant of all is the effort put forth by Kenny Jones, Moon's replacement. Jones manages to combine an abandoned drumming style reminiscent of Moon's with military precision. His rolls fill holes admirably and give the music a heavy, knockout...