Hope I Die Before I Get Old

[kburjr]

A sobering article about how old Rock legends are getting and what it means.


The coming death of just about every rock legend

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I just got finished reading this, was about to post a thread but you Ninja'd me.

Pretty good take. I don't mean to go all "get off my lawn" over here, but we seem to have lost a good deal of creativity and musicianship with our popular music.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

A sobering article about how old Rock legends are getting and what it means.


The coming death of just about every rock legend

we got the best while we were growing up, now a days it's techno pop crap.


rest easy knowing we have at least 1 more blowout rock show to attend when we leave this blue marble floating around in space.

 

[kburjr]

I just got finished reading this, was about to post a thread but you Ninja'd me.

Pretty good take. I don't mean to go all "get off my lawn" over here, but we seem to have lost a good deal of creativity and musicianship with our popular music.

People of our age(I don't know yours but assume) had a great appreciation for the singer/songwriter. There are a lot of them out there in local bands. I started taking guitar lessins as a retirement gift from my wife(she also bought me an electric guitar for more money than I would have spent). The guys I take lessons from are all local singer/songwriters. Mid 20s to mid 30s. I spend more time listening to them now than I do classic rock. It touches something deeper in my soul thatmainstream music.

 

[kburjr]

we got the best while we were growing up, now a days it's techno pop crap.


rest easy knowing we have at least 1 more blowout rock show to attend when we leave this blue marble floating around in space.

Rock'n'roll is never about resting easy.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Rock'n'roll is never about resting easy.

controlled chaos…agreed

 

[GNG]

I've jammed with Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

People of our age(I don't know yours but assume) had a great appreciation for the singer/songwriter. There are a lot of them out there in local bands. I started taking guitar lessins as a retirement gift from my wife(she also bought me an electric guitar for more money than I would have spent). The guys I take lessons from are all local singer/songwriters. Mid 20s to mid 30s. I spend more time listening to them now than I do classic rock. It touches something deeper in my soul thatmainstream music.

I'm nearly 50, so a bit on the young side, but most of the music I love comes from the mid 60's to early 80's. Something was just different about that period of time, and then when we got into the Limewire/Napster/iPod culture, things took another turn.

Even the songs back then talked about finding a second hand guitar and starting a band - or at least dreaming of it (Juke Box Hero, Summer of 69, Shooting Star, Livin' on a Prayer, Sultans of Swing, etc.)

I'm not trying to romanticize any groups from that era, I'm sure plenty of them loved cashin them checks, and it wasn't "all about the music, man!" The article even mentions there are still good groups who are musically skilled, but obscure.

 

[kburjr]

I'm nearly 50, so a bit on the young side, but most of the music I love comes from the mid 60's to early 80's. Something was just different about that period of time, and then when we got into the Limewire/Napster/iPod culture, things took another turn.

Even the songs back then talked about finding a second hand guitar and starting a band - or at least dreaming of it (Juke Box Hero, Summer of 69, Shooting Star, Livin' on a Prayer, Sultans of Swing, etc.)

I'm not trying to romanticize any groups from that era, I'm sure plenty of them loved cashin them checks, and it wasn't "all about the music, man!" The article even mentions there are still good groups who are musically skilled, but obscure.

For me, it's that old saying. The soundtrack of my misspent youth.

 

[Wazmankg]

I doubt any of them ever thought they'd still be doing it in their 70s.

 

[TheDayMan]

I just got finished reading this, was about to post a thread but you Ninja'd me.

Pretty good take. I don't mean to go all "get off my lawn" over here, but we seem to have lost a good deal of creativity and musicianship with our popular music.

Meh. It’ll suck to lose all the old guys, but the music is still there. Maybe the positive of the mainstays checking out is it’ll force the “get off my lawn” crowd to finally give the new generation of the genre a chance and realize it’s not dead, or dying, but just not pushed by the companies that control what passes for popular music.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

we got the best while we were growing up, now a days it's techno pop crap.


rest easy knowing we have at least 1 more blowout rock show to attend when we leave this blue marble floating around in space.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[Debbie Does]

Keith Richard will probably outlive them all. And we never thought he'd make it to 30.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

I've jammed with Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter.

And anyone should believe you because.....

 

[TheDayMan]

And anyone should believe you because.....

They both live in Wisconsin, or something, so it’s not that far fetched.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

We still have Eric.

This amazing cover of Jimi's classic, with those 2 weeping guitars from Clapton & Duane Allman, still gets me to shed a tear....and I'm 63 now.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

FWIW... Roger Waters turned 76 today. Sept. 6th


Happy Bday, Roger




also: Phil Lesh turned 79 back in March.

( ~);-}

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

A sobering article about how old Rock legends are getting and what it means.


The coming death of just about every rock legend

Gonna hitch this article onto yours...

Coming this summer, all the old dudes - The Boston Globe


Also: Carlos Santana, Roger McGuinn & David Crosby (who aren't mentioned in either link) are 72, 77 & 78 respectively...and they are still touring/performing.

 

[Brees#1]

Those 90s rockers must have been on some serious stuff. Only Billy Corgan kept his head on straight.

Those even older rockers are still going.