Friday, December 09, 2005
Rock Concerts
We aren't talking rocks here, folks. Okay, let's move on. Back in the day saw a great many show: Neil Young, Jethro Tull, The Outlaws, Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer,
Slade, baby Aerosmith, King Crimson, ELP, Jefferson Starship, Lynrd Skynrd (originals) w/ Mountain....and so on. A lot of these groups are now on the "reunion" tours, doing "reunion" cds and "reunion" dvds. Some of these groups still can rock it out (see CSN&Y, Bruce). Others well ummmmm....The funny thing is we all age and some of the "reunion" groups have not aged well. Nothing like seeing the long-haired string bean from the 70's sporting the bald pate with a long grey ponytail and a 42" waist dancing around the stage like elfin. Ummmmmmm, just aint what it used to be.
But one only has to imagine what it must be like on the other side of the coin. I'm sure that Ronnie van Zant loved to see the young things in the front rows screaming his name and trying their best to make it into groupie land onstage. Take a peek at these shows now my friends - the girls are women with families and the guys (I'm included) are sporting polo shirts and khakis. The kids that attend the shows are most likely there out of curiosity or watching us old folk so that we don't wander away from the retirement home bus crowd. Guys like Frankie Valli have survived
decades. Will we see Ian Anderson jousting about in tights with his mighty flute
in 2010? Let's hope not. Decorum, please.
Stankass out...
Slade, baby Aerosmith, King Crimson, ELP, Jefferson Starship, Lynrd Skynrd (originals) w/ Mountain....and so on. A lot of these groups are now on the "reunion" tours, doing "reunion" cds and "reunion" dvds. Some of these groups still can rock it out (see CSN&Y, Bruce). Others well ummmmm....The funny thing is we all age and some of the "reunion" groups have not aged well. Nothing like seeing the long-haired string bean from the 70's sporting the bald pate with a long grey ponytail and a 42" waist dancing around the stage like elfin. Ummmmmmm, just aint what it used to be.
But one only has to imagine what it must be like on the other side of the coin. I'm sure that Ronnie van Zant loved to see the young things in the front rows screaming his name and trying their best to make it into groupie land onstage. Take a peek at these shows now my friends - the girls are women with families and the guys (I'm included) are sporting polo shirts and khakis. The kids that attend the shows are most likely there out of curiosity or watching us old folk so that we don't wander away from the retirement home bus crowd. Guys like Frankie Valli have survived
decades. Will we see Ian Anderson jousting about in tights with his mighty flute
in 2010? Let's hope not. Decorum, please.
Stankass out...
