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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I looked at the list and won’t mourn any and will be glad to see some leftists die.
But I was born in ‘68 and though I like the music from some of these folks, my guys are the hair metal bands of the 80s.
And I won’t mourn when they pass either. Not for them at least.
I will mourn because I will know my time is coming up!!
BTW, love Springsteen’s everyman songs but HATE him and don’t know how he could understand the white struggling male so well and hate them at the same time.
Neil Young? ....spit...
“I always thought there was too much goodness in his music to want to see him perform. Died at 53. Too late. I made it a point to see all the legends I could before they died or in todays case of those still living: lost their fastball. Backup singers and musicians take a more prominent role in their shows. Saw Eddie Money at a casino 10 years ago. Per Michael Savage: This guy can still rock. We are now in geezer rock times. My friends its too late.
I’m talking about John Denver in the first line-not Linda Mcartney.
No one will ever replace these rock legends. Rock music is dead commercially in America, and probably for good! Be thankful if you got to see these people and listen to their music in their prime in the 70s and 80s!
Yes, they are legends and yes, folk rock is the music they're known for.
Friend of mine went to a recent KISS concert. Said he liked the show but it was the exact same one he saw ten years ago.
When I see commercials for rock and roll cruises, most are around a year ahead of time. My first question when they announce the music line up is will any of those musicians still be alive by then?
Rock has been a very loose term to describe popular music for decades.
Among the last genuine rock-and-roll acts were The Sex Pistols. They eschewed their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They wanted nothing to do with it and wrote a nasty letter saying so. Thats the spirit of rebellion that used to characterize rock-and-roll. And it dies a bit more whenever someone is gleefully inducted into it.
Recognition is awesome. Awards are cool. But its best when it comes from fans and not some self-appointed Hall of Fame body. The R&RHOF is (IMO) the antithesis of rock-and-roll.
The irony is that Mick is older than Keith!
“Those losses have been painful.” You dont say. I liked most of their music but since I knew none of them personally their losses were notable but far from painful.
I serve in the Navy with mostly young 20-somethings and in addition to modern music, they absolutely devour classic rock, music recorded 30+ years before they were born. Perhaps the greatest contribution the Boomers made was in popular music. It is timeless and will be listened to for decades to come.
Grace Slick can keep him company. She turns 80 in October.
“A hundred years from now young people will be asking who all those names were. And theyll be asking Keith Richards.”
With courtesy, sympathy, and taste.
KISS will become a franchise act. When Gene and Paul are too old to hit the road, they'll hire stand-ins like they've done for Ace and Peter. The face makeup and costume designs have been copyrighted. Don't be surprised if there's two or thee KISS franchises touring at the same time.
Gene Simmons knows how to make money.
I think about this....Im right behind them
AND?
Chuck Berry lived to be 90.
Little Richard (Richard Penniman) turns 87 this year.
Todays crop of entertainers all play the same old junk - I have no idea who they are and dont turn the car radio on.
Turn the radio on?A lot of the Old Rock and Roll you cant find on the FM or Am dial any more and when you do you may hear on tune in an hour.The rest is todays crap.
If you want to Listen to the old stuff you better subscribe to SiriusXM or an audio streaming site.
FM radio today is a vast wasteland for the youth.Something like TV was when we were growing up.
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