Posted on 08/31/2019 9:59:55 AM PDT by Rebelbase
LOL
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 it’s 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 70’s and 80’s!
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. That’s 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 it’s 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 they’ll 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.
“Today’s crop of ‘entertainers’ all play the same old junk - I have no idea who they are and don’t turn the car radio on.”
Turn the radio on?A lot of the “Old Rock and Roll” you can’t find on the FM or Am dial any more and when you do you may hear on tune in an hour.The rest is today’s 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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