Too old to Rock and Roll?

[TysonLPrice]

I was watching a show on some inductees into the rock and roll hall of fame today. Heart was inducted and they still sounded good and for the most part looked good. I'm no spring chicken and the first concert I ever went to was The Beatles.

Mick Jagger is seventy (or pushing it), Rod Steward, by his own admission, somtimes relies on steriods to do a concert, and Eddie Money...well I'll stop there.

Everybody is a long way away from not trusting anyone over thirty. Do you think old rockers should fade away gracefully or rock on as long as they can?

Personally I prefer they fade away gracefully and let the next generation stand in the sunlight. On the other hand, they can make money like they never could before

[baja_yu]

If they have to move out so that someone younger can step in, than that someone is probably crap. Just because some group stops doing concerts doesn't mean people instantly forget their music. If all of those you have mentioned suddenly disappeared from the Earth it still wouldn't make me listen (what little is left to listen there) to MTV.

[FunkyDexter]

Do you think old rockers should fade away gracefully

Absolutely not, that would be the antithesis of everything rock and roll is meant to stand for. Ideally they should die in a crash, choking on vomit (ideally their own) or from a major dose of cyphalis before their thirtieth birthday but those rare few who manage to survive the debaucheries of their youth should continue to stagger on disgracefully until they shuffle (or possibly wheel) off their mortal coil.

[TysonLPrice]

Absolutely not, that would be the antithesis of everything rock and roll is meant to stand for. Ideally they should die in a crash, choking on vomit (ideally their own) or from a major dose of cyphalis before their thirtieth birthday but those rare few who manage to survive the debaucheries of their youth should continue to stagger on disgracefully until they shuffle (or possibly wheel) off their mortal coil.

You know...I like that

[Jacob Roman]

Rock and Roll? Thats not Metal enough. We need some brutallic hardcore death metal.

[Shaggy Hiker]

If you can't age gracefully, age disgracefully.

[TysonLPrice]

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse...

[rosepawla]

either one person is young or old it doesn't matter just enjoy the life properly with full of fun it doesn't matter at what age your are.

[namrekka]

....Everybody is a long way away from not trusting anyone over thirty......Personally I prefer they fade away gracefully and let the next generation stand in the sunlight.....

Hmmm....I know now what to do...sniff.

[FunkyDexter]

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse...

I tried, I failed. I guess it just wasn't fast enough.

[Witis]

Let's go back to rock and roll!

[Jacob Roman]

NO! Not brutal enough! We need to make this thread pure Metal! HIT IT KITTIE!!!

[Witis]

So that's how to burn metal!!

[Witis]

Apparently Reece Mastin is in to fishing and likes to catch all varieties including salmon and 'cuda!

[Jacob Roman]

So that's how to burn metal!!

No actually this is how you burn metal o.o

metal....Metal....METAL!!!!

[Witis]

Is that the Roman Catholic version of the songs of praise????

[dclamp]

Its also too old to Rick and Roll.

Youtube Pre-Roll advertisements have killed RickRoll

[kareninstructor]

My perspective being over 50 I enjoy watching some of the older groups that still have it. For me some people who still have it David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, ZZ-Top, and Rush, and of course there are many more. I watched a concert on television recently for a group called Asia, in my personal opinion the group had it together other than the singer so I would say they should never had been on stage, it was shameful. I watched a reunion of Led Zeppelin (labeled as Celebration Day) where Jimmy Page was at the top of his game, Robert Plant did not try to match his vocals from his younger days and instead adapted unlike Asia’s singer which made the LZ concert great rather than a flop.

[TysonLPrice]

My perspective being over 50 I enjoy watching some of the older groups that still have it. For me some people who still have it David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, ZZ-Top, and Rush, and of course there are many more. I watched a concert on television recently for a group called Asia, in my personal opinion the group had it together other than the singer so I would say they should never had been on stage, it was shameful. I watched a reunion of Led Zeppelin (labeled as Celebration Day) where Jimmy Page was at the top of his game, Robert Plant did not try to match his vocals from his younger days and instead adapted unlike Asia’s singer which made the LZ concert great rather than a flop.

I saw Crosby, Stills, and Nash on a televised show not that long ago. Maybe it was a bad day for them but they were off key and out of sync, I would rather of kept the memory of them I had then what they are now. I'm pushing 60...for me it is a mixed blessing. I remember Ali fighting back when fights were televised on Saturdays. I think it was him and Norton. I see him now and what those fights and years did to him. He is still Ali but is he? Now turn the eye on me. I'm certainly not what I was physically but I still feel like me.

So if I had learned to play the guitar, could carry a tune, and had some "magic" back then do I think I could still rock now. I don't think I could and everyone would be better off if I didn't. But I still would have things to offer. Kind of like when Ricky Nelson played again. Everyone just wanted the old songs

Chuck Berry can still rock and the Eagles are still awesome. I guess it depends but for the most part fading away seems like the best option. I prefer the younger memories of Ali.

[baja_yu]