Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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♦ The Who? Yeah, that ' s right. The WHO!!! Right here at MTSU No- vember 25 had been greatly antici- pated by most everyone, and neither the horrid warm-up act nor Daltrey s maddening circles could hinder the high of the near-capacity crowd. The first band was a real joke — Toots and the Maytalls, that little ol ' band from Jamaica. Their biggie was Take Me Home Country Roads done raggae style. They stomped around on stage for a while and then left — much to the relief of the audience. The Who came on and started off slowly. For about the first hour things were quiet as the four men reeled off song after song. Some of the better numbers were Baba O ' Riley and Behind Blue Eyes from Who ' s Next and Jimi Hendrix ' s favorite Who song The Spider . The second half of the show proved to be the climax when they did a med- ley of songs from the rock opera, Tommy. Amazing Journey was the first and the worst one they did. The second song was Sparks. It was about the best one due to the per- fect synchronization of the ' eye-split- ting ' lighting system. Some much needed comic relief came when Keith

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SEYMOUR HERSH Saying that the press has been overrated, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Seymour Hersh expounded his personal philosophies as well as experiences of working on such major stories as foreign and domestic spyings by the CIA, Watergate and most notably the My Lai Massacre when he spoke to a sparce DA audience in Decem- ber. Hersh, who was presented by the Ideas and Issues Committee, said that journalists are not the new heroes the public makes them out to be. If this were so, he says, Americans would have known about Watergate while it was going on instead of two years later. The press only presents the problems, they do not solve them, nor should they, he said. The problem lies in the individual American to change the complexion of Congress where it really matters. Hersh, an investigative reporter for the Washington Bureau of the New York Times, has covered the Paris peace talks and was one of the few members of the establishment press to travel to Hanoi. He is also the author of My Lai 4, Coverup ' and Chemical and Biological Warfare. 21

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M ' ir i ' ) f , . f. Moon was given a microphone and sang ' Fiddle About and Tommy ' s Holiday Camp. Pinball Wizard created a stir in the crowd, but not like that caused by See Me, Feel Me. Tiny, penetrating light rays of red and green panned out across the darkened Murphy Center. The fans stood in awe waiting for something more and were not disappointed. Rows of lights on stage ripped through the darkness to reveal a mass of excited people clapping as Daltrey ' s powerful voice stormed through Listening to You. The frenzy died down somewhat as the Who continued with Summertime Blues and My Generation. Wont Get Fooled Again was the scene of the second spectacular show of lights as well as the end of the concert. Throughout the entire show Roger Daltrey paced endlessly. Time and again he demonstrated his stunning skill at twirl- ing the microphone with one hand and catching it with the other. Pete Townshend, not to be outdone, occasionally jump- ed up and down doing a good impression of Chuck Berry. All the while John Entwistle stood placidly to one side and simply played his bass guitar. Keith Moon did not display any of his well-known explosive nature. He just drummed, and that proved to be enough to win him his fair share of attention. There ' s no doubt about it, the Who provided a good ending to an otherwise dull semester.