Old farts that still rock

[imported_Section8]

Joe Walsh. Anyone see James Gang Rides Again? I heard him do Funk 49 on Howard. He rocks hard man!

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Modelworks
AC/DC
Angus is 53 now
Malcom is 55

And they still rock !

Bah...youngsters

I added B.B. King, 82 years old

Oh yea Proof; 2008 performance

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Section8
Joe Walsh. Anyone see James Gang Rides Again? I heard him do Funk 49 on Howard. He rocks hard man!

Walsh is definately in!

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Modelworks
AC/DC
Angus is 53 now
Malcom is 55

And they still rock !

Bah...youngsters

I added B.B. King, 82 years old

Oh yea Proof; 2008 performance

I like this one with King &Gary Moore who is close to 60 , 55, they get into a guitar dueling kind of thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...IDU2sw&feature=related

I would love to find that performance on dvd.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Richard Thompson - at 58 is another "almost"

- Put it there
- Persuasion (with son Teddy)
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

 

[jdini76]

How about Rolling Stones. They are all in their 60's

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: Modelworks
AC/DC
Angus is 53 now
Malcom is 55

And they still rock !

Bah...youngsters

I added B.B. King, 82 years old

Oh yea Proof; 2008 performance

I like this one with King &Gary Moore who is close to 60 , 55, they get into a guitar dueling kind of thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...IDU2sw&feature=related

I would love to find that performance on dvd.

Sweet, yea BB's voice is GONE........NOT LOL. Bunch of guys like Moore are hitting the 60 barrier soon...list will grow large.

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Zero. When you hit 35-40, no matter who you are, your voice goes. Old bands also just keep making the same songs over and over again, or if they try something new, they suck at it (think Metallica). Once the teen angst lyrics and 20s voice are exhausted, you are nothing but a relic in rock.

Sorry, I disagree.

Sorry, I have ears.

But with nothing between them, apparently.

:thumbsup: for old guys that still rock.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: jdini76
How about Rolling Stones. They are all in their 60's

MagnusTheBrewer posted them earlier. I'll update the OP with the "list". Post a recent performance example and I'll get it on the OP.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Richard Thompson - at 58 is another "almost"

- Put it there
- Persuasion (with son Teddy)
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

I'm not familiar with this guy, "Put it there" is pretty damn good! (Listening to solo now)

Not old fart enough however

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: Murpheeee
Neil Young

Bob Weir also.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: daveshel

Originally posted by: Murpheeee
Neil Young

Bob Weir also.

Weir is 60!

 

[Anubis]

Eric Clapton - 63

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Eric Clapton - 63

and Carlos Santana is 60....2 for the list!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Murpheeee
Neil Young

:thumbsup:

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Eric Clapton - 63

QFT. Still cranking out amazing stuff. I'll be seeing him again June 4th in MA, and June 5th at Jones Beach.

 

[nakedfrog]

David Gilmour performing High Hopes at the Royal Albert Hall

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
David Gilmour performing High Hopes at the Royal Albert Hall

Oh yea!


How about Dan McCafferty? 61 years old and Nazareth can still rock, and suprisingly McCafferty's voice, while not quite up to his golden years, is sandpaper gravely rock and roll goodness.:thumbsup:

Bad Bad Boy

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Zero. When you hit 35-40, no matter who you are, your voice goes. Old bands also just keep making the same songs over and over again, or if they try something new, they suck at it (think Metallica). Once the teen angst lyrics and 20s voice are exhausted, you are nothing but a relic in rock.

Sorry, I disagree.

Agreed. I've always referred to bands that stay within their own realm musically as having their own style...i.e Sabbath, Priest, Zeppelin, et al.

Have to throw in Jimmy Page at 64(?)

 

[rbV5]

So what if he forgets his setlist and his licks aren't quite what they once were? I still love him...Charles Edward Anderson Berry AKA "Chuck Berry"

Johnny B Goode- original release March 31, 1958, this performance 2 weeks ago!

 

[rbV5]

Paul McCartney; Age: 65.

This "chap" has been belting them out almost my entire life I've got a feeling

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I am sorry, go listen again. Old people have raspy crackly off-pitch voices, can't even remember their own lyrics, and generally sound like they are tired of signing the same crap they have been for 30+ years. Good is good and old is bad. I will chalk up your opinion to nostalgic feelings, bias towards older music, and possibly poor hearing, but I assure you, sonically, old farts are shadows of their former selves.

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
I am sorry, go listen again. Old people have raspy crackly off-pitch voices, can't even remember their own lyrics, and generally sound like they are tired of signing the same crap they shave been for 30+ years. Good is good and old is bad.

Go enjoy your Linkin Park then bud.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
I am sorry, go listen again. Old people have raspy crackly off-pitch voices, can't even remember their own lyrics, and generally sound like they are tired of signing the same crap they have been for 30+ years. Good is good and old is bad. I will chalk up your opinion to nostalgic feelings, bias towards older music, and possibly poor hearing, but I assure you, sonically, old farts are shadows of their former selves.

Of course you also said this:

THE definitive 90's band

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Nirvana was bad, stop saying Nirvana. They were awful, and could barely play a show. Influencial, also no. Defining the sound of a decade, again, big time no. They didn't even make it through half of the decade.
\life

To each their own, and someone has to buy that umbrella song, -ong, -ong, -ong.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
I am sorry, go listen again. Old people have raspy crackly off-pitch voices, can't even remember their own lyrics, and generally sound like they are tired of signing the same crap they have been for 30+ years. Good is good and old is bad. I will chalk up your opinion to nostalgic feelings, bias towards older music, and possibly poor hearing, but I assure you, sonically, old farts are shadows of their former selves.

<mock> I assure you my good man, SONICALLY, they are mere shadows, THEY ARE MERE SHADOWS.......THEY ARE.....THEY...</mock>