I thought jagger was going to break in half. The who showed more restraint I am a fan of both. I thought the stones were a little too out there.
In an interview a day or two befor the concert Pete Townsend came out as a “neo-con” and had hoped that Romney would have won.
I certainly don’t have a problem with any musician continuing to perform.I am musician myself. IMO, it should be done with dignity.. The preening and posturing by singers such as Jagger looks ridiculous for a 69 year old man. Doesn’t he see they that .. is he frigg’n blind ?
A portion of the moves many of these singers utilized, even when they were young, were learned at “ The School of Rock Posturing”..and the moves were always just shy of being silly, even then. And often, as in the case of the floor writhing by Billy Squier in the now famous video, they were career ending.
These old rockers should all take a page from the jazz book and look at how Louis Armstrong, was able to perform, well into old age, with dignity.
I couldn’t bear to tune in. Did McCartney sing “Mary had a little Lamb” or “We’re so Sorry Uncle Barack”?
Pathetic has-beens sadly living beyond the lifespan of their talents.
Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison laugh at these old fools from the grave.
Live fast, die young and leave a pretty corpse OR fade away and don't embarrass your legacy is the true spirit of Rock and Roll.
In the old days this wasn’t a problem, since back then, music was meant to be heard, not seen.
Years ago when Robert Plant had his first solo album out, he was asked, (paraphrase) Do you look back on how you used to perform with your shirt open and feel foolish?
He responded that he still performed that way now.
Roger Daltry, I’ll never forget seeing Tommy at the midnight movies. When he first appears as the adult Tommy, all the girls in audience went wild. It was pretty awesome.
I’ve seen The Who several times but never with Moon. They were great with I think it was John Bohnam’s son on drums???
Never been a fan of the Stones but they’ve been performing forever and people who do like the Stones say they’ve seen them recently and they still rocked. Pretty impressive that Mick can move better than I can and I’m a lot younger.
All the bands I grew up with are retirement age or have lost major members like the loss of The Who’s Thunderfingers, John Entiwstle in the last ten years or so.
I just listened to the entire Tommy and Quadrophenia albums recently and they are timeless; same thing with Queen’s A Night at the Opera. Nice to hear actual musicianship.
Some years ago Letterman had a good Top Ten List about the Stones’ upcoming tour which gave possible names for the tour.My favorite was “Hey,You,Get Off Of My Barcolounger”.
Why is it the “12-12-12” concert? Am I missing something?
I hate these articles on Rock and Rollers...How they look and move onstage, their hair and skin, their pants and shoes, etc. What a load of crap. Just tell me how the music sounded and maybe I’ll remember to look for an album next time I go to the mall.
When I hear “Old English musicians” I think of Henry Purcell and William Byrd.
For these miserable wretches, i.e. the rock press, rock and roll could never be innocent fun (which it was for most teens), it had to be "angry" and full of rebellion. The fact is most teens were not angry and rebellious. They just wanted music they could dance to or sing and play. I doubt most rockers were down for the struggle either. Most of the early rockers might have been libs, but I think they were probably more into drugs and sex than they were politics.
One point - argue with me if you wish - but Chuck Berry basically created the music that all the rest of them rushed in to get on board with. And Chuck continues to play and live on his own terms (as he always has) and never looks ridiculous doing it.
It’s funny which rockers are culturally deemed too old and which ones aren’t. Seems to be entirely tied to the size of the arena they sell out. The Stones fill football stadiums, so they’re too old; 87 year old BB King sells out casinos, nobody complains.
