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Even the rock fan who

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'The Who’s music may bein-
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characteristics of the group.
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“Who suggest'that the disen-
;tranchised, sociopathic allo-
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in' whatever upheav takes
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lionized the punk.

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adopted the role of many
'iclasical composers in their
'atte‘mpt to shed meaning-on
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contemporary rock

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“Who’ Mesmerizes Audience

of the New Haven audience The Who, dinosaurs from the

Saturday night chose ‘0 the audience to its feet. sixties, still function as a
perch onsly atop rows The only boring lapses in unit.

or ‘01 ' 8 chairs ‘0' a full the concert were several
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' of Jones to bring

two .and a half burs of rock long guitar solos by leader

mutacmention was made by :heteg. Townshend. Town-
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level of teamwork. Rock mu-
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narcissistic individualism.

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urgency, thinly masked by
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