What does it say...

wesfau2 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2009, 08:06:04 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on August 28, 2009, 02:16:59 PM

What does it say when 50-year old men (or thereabouts) rock as hard or harder than the new generation?

KISS, Aerosmith etc. beat the shit out of Nickelback and their ilk.

You're suffering from a case of old-man-assititis.

It sucks, but I found myself doing it recently: nothing that the kids do is half as cool as what you remember. I get that.

The funny thing is that there is plenty of really cool shit happening, you just aren't finding it. It happens...it's part of getting older. Otherwise the kids would never have anything that was "theirs".

You have to accept that KISS hasn't aged well (they haven't) and go looking for something else with an open mind.

Pell City Tiger · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2009, 08:27:24 PM »

Quote from: The Prowler on August 31, 2009, 06:45:12 PM

Yeah, no sh*t. Whoever invented those little sticks of toxic goo, is a fukin' genius.

Do not, I repeat, do not shake one up till it glows then crack it open and pour it on your junk thinking it'll make it glow. It won't.

The more you know.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2009, 09:30:35 PM »

Quote from: Pell City Tiger on August 31, 2009, 08:27:24 PM

Do not, I repeat, do not shake one up till it glows then crack it open and pour it on your junk thinking it'll make it glow. It won't.

The more you know.

Man, you got that right. I remember this one time after a concert, I.....

I mean...yeah, that doesn't sound very smart.

Pell City Tiger · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2009, 09:45:15 PM »

Hey, Colonel Sanders didn't start out making tasty assed chicken. He had to fuck up a few birds to get to the top.

Greaseyweasel · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2009, 11:14:08 PM »

Quote from: Pell City Tiger on August 31, 2009, 09:45:15 PM

Hey, Colonel Sanders didn't start out making tasty assed chicken. He had to fuck up a few birds to get to the top.

I bow before the wisdom

Kaos · « **Reply #25 on:** August 31, 2009, 11:45:21 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on August 31, 2009, 08:06:04 PM

You're suffering from a case of old-man-assititis.

It sucks, but I found myself doing it recently: nothing that the kids do is half as cool as what you remember. I get that.

The funny thing is that there is plenty of really cool poop happening, you just aren't finding it. It happens...it's part of getting older. Otherwise the kids would never have anything that was "theirs".

You have to accept that KISS hasn't aged well (they haven't) and go looking for something else with an open mind.

I have other stuff I like.

I just don't remember my dad's bands coming around and tearing down the house when I was 20.

I've been to a good number of concerts. There's something about the vintage rockers that can't be duplicated by the Jonas Brothers. They won't be around or relevant 35 years from now.

KISS has aged better than a lot of other bands, you ask me. You're judging from what you see in random TV apperances. Can't capture the essence of a live show.

They've for sure aged better than Michael Jackson.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:36:38 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on August 31, 2009, 11:45:21 PM

I just don't remember...

Memory has a funny way of being selective (and outright incorrect) at times.

Kaos · « **Reply #27 on:** September 01, 2009, 10:46:43 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on September 01, 2009, 09:36:38 AM

Memory has a funny way of being selective (and outright incorrect) at times.

So which of the bands that were popular in my dad's high school days -- 1955 -- were still touring to sold out shows in 1990?

My memory is like a cheese trap.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 01, 2009, 10:55:05 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on September 01, 2009, 10:46:43 AM

So which of the bands that were popular in my dad's high school days -- 1955 -- were still touring to sold out shows in 1990?

My memory is like a cheese trap.

The Stones...if I can stretch 1955 a decade or so.

Catphish Tilly · « **Reply #29 on:** September 01, 2009, 11:26:02 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on September 01, 2009, 10:55:05 AM

The Stones...if I can stretch 1955 a decade or so.

Mccartney was still selling out shows in 1990.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #30 on:** September 01, 2009, 12:17:18 PM »

Elton John.

AuburnChopper 3.0 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 01, 2009, 12:22:55 PM »

Ronnie Milsap?

Godfather · « **Reply #32 on:** September 01, 2009, 02:38:28 PM »

David Allan Coe...so what if the venue only holds 40 people.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #33 on:** September 01, 2009, 02:46:17 PM »

Quote from: Godfather on September 01, 2009, 02:38:28 PM

David Allan Coe...so what if the venue only holds 40 people.

That's a hard sellout, baby.

Godfather · « **Reply #34 on:** September 01, 2009, 03:35:05 PM »

Quote from: Harvey Birdman on September 01, 2009, 02:46:17 PM

That's a hard sellout, baby.

I saw him whilest at Auburn, talking about rocking balls.

AUTailgatingRules · « **Reply #35 on:** September 01, 2009, 03:42:02 PM »

Never been much of a music fan, but what happened to the good times we had as kids?

Kick ball in the culdesac
building ramps to jump our bikes over
pick up football at the local school field
beaking into the local La Petit Academy to play BBall on the 8 foot rims
nights spent chasing girls at the local skating rink
Kick the can
dodge ball
wiffle ball tournaments that last all weekend

Kaos · « **Reply #36 on:** September 01, 2009, 05:08:39 PM »

Quote from: Catphish Tilly on September 01, 2009, 11:26:02 AM

Mccartney was still selling out shows in 1990.

Beatles were late 60s, early 70s. Not my dad's generation. Beatles, Stones were that "rock noise" to him.

The only ones of his era I can recall are like Elvis, Ray Charles and Sinatra. But of those, only Elvis "rocked" so to speak and stayed relevant (even somewhat) with the younger generations.

The 70s and 80s era rock bands have a staying power that most others really don't.

KISS and the Stones (among a handful of others) still stand apart. While Journey, Styx, Foreigner and those bands are playing The Wharf and the Picadillo Pea Festival in Beaufort, KISS still does shows for 100,000-plus in Argentina and still makes the "big" tour stops like Madison Square Garden. And they sell out.

Will today's "popular" bands still be selling out major shows 35 years from now? I contend that most won't.

Godfather · « **Reply #37 on:** September 01, 2009, 05:17:46 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on September 01, 2009, 05:08:39 PM

Beatles were late 60s, early 70s. Not my dad's generation. Beatles, Stones were that "rock noise" to him.

The only ones of his era I can recall are like Elvis, Ray Charles and Sinatra. But of those, only Elvis "rocked" so to speak and stayed relevant (even somewhat) with the younger generations.

The 70s and 80s era rock bands have a staying power that most others really don't.

KISS and the Stones (among a handful of others) still stand apart. While Journey, Styx, Foreigner and those bands are playing The Wharf and the Picadillo Pea Festival in Beaufort, KISS still does shows for 100,000-plus in Argentina and still makes the "big" tour stops like Madison Square Garden. And they sell out.

Will today's "popular" bands still be selling out major shows 35 years from now? I contend that most won't.

I like Ray Charles and Sinatra...if he was alive I'd go see the Chairman of the Board.

AWK · « **Reply #38 on:** September 01, 2009, 05:35:11 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on September 01, 2009, 05:08:39 PM

Beatles were late 60s, early 70s. Not my dad's generation. Beatles, Stones were that "rock noise" to him.

The only ones of his era I can recall are like Elvis, Ray Charles and Sinatra. But of those, only Elvis "rocked" so to speak and stayed relevant (even somewhat) with the younger generations.

The 70s and 80s era rock bands have a staying power that most others really don't.

KISS and the Stones (among a handful of others) still stand apart. While Journey, Styx, Foreigner and those bands are playing The Wharf and the Picadillo Pea Festival in Beaufort, KISS still does shows for 100,000-plus in Argentina and still makes the "big" tour stops like Madison Square Garden. And they sell out.

Will today's "popular" bands still be selling out major shows 35 years from now? I contend that most won't.

Shakespeare sold out some amphitheaters.

Catphish Tilly · « **Reply #39 on:** September 01, 2009, 06:07:49 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on September 01, 2009, 05:08:39 PM

Beatles were late 60s, early 70s. Not my dad's generation. Beatles, Stones were that "rock noise" to him.

The only ones of his era I can recall are like Elvis, Ray Charles and Sinatra. But of those, only Elvis "rocked" so to speak and stayed relevant (even somewhat) with the younger generations.

The 70s and 80s era rock bands have a staying power that most others really don't.

KISS and the Stones (among a handful of others) still stand apart. While Journey, Styx, Foreigner and those bands are playing The Wharf and the Picadillo Pea Festival in Beaufort, KISS still does shows for 100,000-plus in Argentina and still makes the "big" tour stops like Madison Square Garden. And they sell out.

Will today's "popular" bands still be selling out major shows 35 years from now? I contend that most won't.

Well, I was referring more to the quote from wes about stretching things a decade or so but I do concur they are more mid 60's.

BUT one i would find it hard to argue (although you may) would be Johnny Cash. He rocked face from '55 until 2003.