Posted on 08/31/2019 9:59:55 AM PDT by Rebelbase
[Snip] Yes, we've lost some already. On top of the icons who died horribly young decades ago — Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon — there's the litany of legends felled by illness, drugs, and just plain old age in more recent years: George Harrison, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Tom Petty.
Those losses have been painful. But it's nothing compared with the tidal wave of obituaries to come. The grief and nostalgia will wash over us all. Yes, the Boomers left alive will take it hardest — these were their heroes and generational compatriots. But rock remained the biggest game in town through the 1990s, which implicates GenXers like myself, no less than plenty of millennials.
All of which means there's going to be an awful lot of mourning going on.
Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).
A few of these legends might manage to live into their 90s, despite all the … wear and tear to which they've subjected their bodies over the decades. But most of them will not.
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That's stupid. Do you really believe the loss of someone who contributed music and art that made the world a better place and was beloved and enjoyed by millions merits no more lamentation than the loss of someone who robbed liquor stores for crack money?
Yeah, but now it's true!
Ronnie died nine years ago.
He sure seems to be. I saw The Beatles live in 1966 when I was 16 and they had two opening acts then came out and played for maybe 45 minutes.
In June my 32 year-old son and my daughter, 28, took me to see McCartney at Petco Park in San Diego. The stands were full, about 40,000 people and Paul and his band come on stage and did an almost 3 1/2 hour show, without a break. No opening act. My kids thought it was the best concert they'd ever seen. Lot of grey hairs like me there, but most of the audience looked to be in their 40s.
It probably WAS the same show - it's unlikely their instruments were plugged in. I used to work with a musician and he told me a LOT of bands prerecord and lip sync.
I thought it was just me who gave credit to Taylor for some of the Stones' best songs. The inter-play in the bridge between Taylor and Richards on Gimme Shelter is spot on.
Question: Who played the drums on Sympathy for the Devil?
Did not know that!
Sometimes I’d jokingly remind my lovely daughter that she’s too young to remember when Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr played in a band. Reminds me that I”M getting old :)
Your Welcome!
Smokey Robinson, at 79 is still around. Also Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, 75 and she can still belt them out.
Jimmy Buffett is 73 and still tours. Don’t know how he does it.
That's for sure. :-(
Lip-syncing, prerecorded tracks, and backup musicians out of sight behind stage. There's a simple explanation for this. Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles discovered during their late 1990s reunion gigs that when fans are paying hundreds of dollars for a concert ticket, they want to hear the songs exactly as they remember them sounding on the radio. They don't care how it's done. This became the standard (as did showing up on stage sober and on time).
Simple: He doesn't live like the songs he performs.
It’s nice to see that in the end Pete and Roger have come to truly appreciate each other.
It’s a long way from the days when Roger cold-cocked Pete during the Quadrophenia sessions.
Still find it amazing that all of the Stones past and present, only Brian Jones is deceased, and he died over 50 years ago.
I remember the old joke when you ask who the Beatles were, and they answer, that was the band Paul McCartney was in before he was in Wings.
Yup!
Global warming will get them.
“Jimmy Buffett is 73 and still tours. Don’t know how he does it.”
IIRC when Buffet tours it’s only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
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