Rock Pole: Who's greater - The Living or The Dead?
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The Living- e.g., Dylan, McCartney, Jagger/Richards, Page/Plant, Young, Fogerty, Simon, Townshend, Angus, et al
Oops. I was thinking 80s. I’ve had too many beers today.Fishpo31 said:I saw Paul in the Kingdome in 76, and mid-oug
3 November, 2005. The wif looked it up…not disputing the CTE claim, btw…YellowSnow said:
*29, March, 1990 was when you saw him.Fishpo31 said:In 76 at the Dome, the sound was horrendous. I was in high skewl, and didn't care. He was a Beatle. Saw him at Key in the mid-oughts, the sound was good (where we were, anyway), he was good, and he was a Beatle.
Most, if not all of these guys (and gals) got royally ripped off by management / record companies during their peak years. Now that streaming / services has rendered vinyl (sorry, @Yella!) and other forms of purchasing recordings irrelevant as a massive payday, they can play to their fans, old and new, no record deals / new albums every 6 months (the old days), and rake the cake.
I think it was a Charlie Watts interview when he was asked why the Stones didn't retire (this may have been 20+ years ago). IIRC, he said, roughly "What else am I going to do?"...The big guys continue to write and record new music, but nobody buys it, and nobody wants to hear it live...they want the hits, and nothing but the hits, and are willing to pay a shitload of money to hear them. If you have hits, you have a paying audience.
They are musicians and entertainers, and that is what they do. I don't begrudge them for doing it, but it's my choice to spend the money, or not...
My question is will the young bucks of today be touring in their 50s? 60s?
Too much baseball CTE @Fishpo31
Maybe I need to refresh on the definition of “oughts”…
