Time marches on.
While doing a bit of reading about Brubeck last night I did a little wikiwandering looking at other artists; my dear old friend and confidant Mlle Jenny reminds me that the combined age of the Stones is about 275, the Who (if they were all still alive) is about 270, and the Beatles, if they were still alive, at 283.
Donald Fagen is 64, Walter becker 62
Anne Wilson was born in 1950 and Nancy in 1954.
Damn, motherfuckers, when did we get old? When did our musicians get so old?
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That’s funny, or maybe perfectly normal, I dunno. I too, often find myself doing this Rocker calculus.
And when I recommend some 60’s music to my kids it’s like my parents recommending to me some crooner from the 30’s.
Sigh.
Dunno, but can you imagine what Jimmy would sound like today? Boggles my mind!
Meh. Age? It’s a state of mind.
Now get the hell offa mah lawn.
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I couple years ago I was talking to a young lady in a bar, and she told me she envied people from my generation because we got to see the original Star Wars on the big screen. Yes, a woman who was old enough to drink in a bar, legally, referred to me as a member of “your generation”. I felt old.
The age thing happens to us all. Some 25-30 years ago, I commented to a young lady Sailor that I thought she looked more than a little like Jane Mansfield. She replied “Jane who?” Gained 5 gray hairs right then and there.
It does sneak up on us.
When did we get old? I don’t know about you, but I officially got old in 2007. Along about November, if I recall.
AS a matter of fact, I did see the first Star Wars film at the Plitt in Los Angeles, when it was a single movie theater with an absolutely gigantic screen. The beginning with the imperial battle cruiser coming into the screen from above, with the low frequency sound — riveting, to use an apparently even older turn of phrase.
And that age for the Stones, does that count Keith Moon?
No, but it does for the Who.
The problem I always had was with my parents. I could never think of them as young, so it floored me to find out John Kennedy was older than they were. It also made me feel old finding out when I was born there were only 48 states.
But what about Brian Jones? Or Mick Taylor? Or even Bill Wyman?
How about Syd Barrett(speaking of acid flashbacks?
M
Talkin’ about old. I remember not having a tv. Learning Morse Code so I could talk to people halfway across the world on a Xmitter I built. Getting 5000 miles on a set of tires was a dream of the future. My Dad getting a raise to a dollar an hour and we felt rich. Instead of toys for Christmas, my parents gave me tools so I could make toys to play with.
I remember when the zip code was instituted, and when Hawaii and Alaska became States.
But I can’t for the life of me remember any of Teh Iwon’s six other states, their names or whereinell they are. I also remember before there were area codes and you had to talk with a long distance operator to make a call to the next county. And when your dad found out about it you got (another) licking.
Gerry N.
Another example, from another young lady (this one a bartender). I told her I’d made sauce over the weekend, and I use Dom Delouise’s recipe. She said “Dom who?” I said Dom Delouise, he played the director in that chaotic scene at the end of Blazing Saddles” (figuring EVERYONE has seen Blazing Saddles). She said “Blazing Saddles? What’s that?”
Not only had she never seen Blazing Saddles, she’d never even HEARD of it.
I was laughing until I looked up Nancy on Wiki. Turns out she’s younger than I am, by a few weeks. Not to mention richer and sexier, so I’m 0 for 3.
The other problem is there just isn’t much coming up behind them to replace them.
Graybeard, before I scrolled up to the top of the page to see what Nancy you were referring to, I thought of Nancy Sinatra, vice Wilson.
Guess I will be shoveling off (bonus points for those who know/remember where that came from) and go take my nightly prune tonic.
I recently bought a re-recording of Dream Boat Annie. Anne Wilson apolgized before starting one set, stating that, “We might have problems remembering the lyrics.” They didn’t, and it was great, but I laughed my head off when I heard that.