Too Old to Rock and Roll? Yea or Nay?

I'd always have thought and expected that Can can go on forever doing new original progressive and always developing music, their members, that is, in solo projects.
And indeed Jaki Liebezeit came out with such exciting music straight to his death, RIP.
Irmin and Holger have been somewhat quieter recently but they soon hit 80. There's some dazzling stuff that they recorded in the sixties and early seventies though.
I saw Asmus Tietchens last year and even had a small chat with him (that's not difficult, he attracts crowds of 70 or so) and he showed no signs whatsoever of decline.
Steve Hackett seems like still in his forties, he can go on for some decades.
The latest offerings by VDGG are just fine, although the last one can all too easily be interpreted as a swansong, lyrics-wise.
I'd love to see Renaissance live these days although I don't expect anything new and original from them, same Camel. With KC I'm not so sure; Fripp may just decide to surprise once more. Gilmour and Waters still deserve an ear, Yes, Genesis and Tull/Anderson are pretty much heroes of the past for me for ages.

If Tim Smith gets his hands on some music again at some point (and some think this may happen), that'd be a dream come true. Granted, he's not quite that old but after what he has been through...

Were they Amon Dull?

Linda Perhacs

For a guy who has never seen the Chimacum Rain you seem to know a lot about it. Thinking Linda's creativity was or is fueled by drugs is a sad assumption. I guess we need to put something catchy at the bottom of our posts.

timothy leary wrote: For a guy who has never seen the Chimacum Rain you seem to know a lot about it. Thinking Linda's creativity was or is fueled by drugs is a sad assumption. I guess we need to put something catchy at the bottom of our posts.

Absolutely true, Tim. I had the great pleasure of meeting Linda through a friend after she released her second album in 2014. I've always been a big fan of her 1970 album Parallelograms. She pointed out the "catchy post" to me from a blog site on acid folk. She thought it was a hoot and seemed not to take her self too seriously.

A couple of ways to look at this topic. On the one hand age does take a toll on all of us & it seems some of the vocalists show the effects more than other band members. Roger Daltrey, Ian Gillan, Geddy Lee all sounded better 20 years ago than they do now.
 On the other hand I think you can still go and enjoy a show even is the artists are not quite what they use to be. I took my kids to see Sir Paul last summer. His voice was a little shaky but his energy was great and he did a great show. ( & he's a friggin' Beatle so that counts for a lot!)



Edited by Argo2112 - June 23 2017 at 14:34

Saw Robin Trower. Dude can still jam at 72. I mean really jam. His newer releases are quite good as well.

Yes, I agree about old timers that struggle to sing. I can't imagine anyone going to a current Renaissance concert if Annie Haslam now sounded like Roger Chapman, but to each his own I suppose.

Listening to Phil Collins on the last Genesis tour in 2007, I thought his voice was going. The band having to transpose songs down so he can manage the high notes, didn't sound good to me. They seemed to be playing some tracks slower too, notably Behnind the Lines and Turn it on again.

Gary knows every trick in the book in regards to taking care of his voice. He prefers Ricola cough drops in a pinch. So, if he can't fix his voice, then it's really broke.