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| Too old | 27% | 528 votes | Total: 1948 votes | |
| Timeless | 73% | 1420 votes |
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While their music may be timeless their bodies and their ability to perform clearly is not. There comes a time in everyone's career when you simply cannot perform at the expected or
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by D K Mitchell
Somewhere back in the fifties rock and roll was born. As my own birth wasn't until nineteen sixty I haven't known life without it.
In the natural order of things a soul is born,
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Mick Jagger, bless his heart, could never be found guilty of being handsome. Fine wine might get better with age, but Mick just looks like an old Mare that has been ridden hard and
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by Ira Faro
ROCK AIN'T THE BLUES
The question answers itself, although McCartney and the Stones are slightly different cases.
Would we ask if BB King or Aretha Franklin are too old to sing the
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by Ladybusker
Wrinkles, crinkles, tight pants and once sensual lips that now resemble a lizard's!
The problem here is, these performers have trapped themselves in a musical genre that belongs to
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Being a child in the 1960s I was very fortunate to witness firsthand the cultural revolution that was the 60s along with some rather sad aspects such as the Vietnam war and the assassination
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Dedicated to Jazz & Blues musician Alan George Heywood Melly (August 1926 - July 2007)
The Cruel effects of aging has no respect for Celebrity status.
In terms of looking great, some
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"Too old to rock and roll, too young to die." Jethro Tull said it best in a song title, and now it describes them as well as most of our former rock heroes. I am not wishing extinction
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by J. Favreau
I think that the generation of Paul McCartney and Rolling Stones are too old to rock. I do not agree that Paul McCartney is too old. I know that I am talking out of both sides of my
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We're not supposed to say it, are we? In these days of equality for everyone and being so P.C. that we no longer know WHAT we are allowed to say, we are not supposed to stand up and
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by Larry Parry
Paul McCartney had amazing music. It changed the face of what music was, and his music is timeless. However, McCartney himself, is not. I am a huge fan of McCartney, and this would
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by Harry Lacey
In my mind, this debate shouldn't simply revolve around whether the artists mentioned can still hack it in the world of music, but whether they should.
Both the Rolling Stones and Paul
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by Ethel Smith
Now come on they are too old.
As a woman in my mid fifties I adored such bands as the Rolling Stones in their hey-day but let's be realistic. Yes many of these old geezers who are still
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by Kristina Rae
The music may be timeless, but the rock star is not. While great musicians like McCartney will be revered for many years to come, their bodies frankly, are not what they once were.
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by Sean Curtis
First of all, I think the Stones, McCartney, and the other aging rock stars have every right to continue performing for as long as they like. But, that also grants me the right to
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Paul McCartney has in my eyes, never been able live up to the standard of songwriting that he had when he was teamed up with John Lennon and never will be. Admittedly, he was in the
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Their music is timeless, but just like their bodies, the stage show has slowed down and is often a tad hard to watch. Part of the problem here is not so much their age but the endless
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Definitely, too old. Their new albums are not selling like they used to. They feel more like they are going through the motions and only in it for the money.
How often do you hear of
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There is nothing sexier than watching a 60 year old Mick Jagger thrust his pelvis all over the stage and let me tell you, the Beatles are awesome as a one man Paul McCartney show.
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Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones are too old and too rich to rock out or produce the kind of raw energy that live performances need.
Their new recordings are boring and unadventurous,
Timeless
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When I'm 64 and I'm still doing cartwheels I will be happy as Larry! I think if you can still sing and enjoy it then go for it!
For those people who were born in the 60's (I'm a little
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For as long as anyone is willing to see their concerts, purchase their songs and otherwise patronize their public activities, the age of these performers is an irrelevancy.
Music
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Remember the Beatles song with the lyrics: "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64".....I wonder how many times Sir Paul McCartney thinks about this
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The memories are still fresh in my mind, as I'm sure they are too many people. Memories of music that changed my life, that helped me through rough times and got me through more than
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by Kevin Holten
Is there a music God?
I mean, is there a music Wizard behind a curtain somewhere that makes these kinds of decisions as to who can still perform and who can't?
"Sorry Paul," he says,
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by B. B. James
It's a conundrum. Or, to put it in terms of a record, it's an "A" side and a "B" side. On the "A" side, there's nothing more pathetic than a fat. balding guy with a guitar, poured
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by Ron Ruhle
One of the most surprising facts about Ludwig van Beethoven is that he was deaf.
Whether you are into classical music or not, you have to acknowledge the fact that Old Ludwig was a
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Aging rock stars. There are a lot of them these days, singing sensations who have been performing successfully on stage since the 1960's, and maybe even before that. Paul McCartney.
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As a Gen Xer who has grown up immersed in the music of many groups from the 60s, particularly the Beatles, I can say with utmost certainty that without the music from Paul McCartney
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by Bobby Coles
Ticket sales do not lie, so it stands to reason that artists such as Sir Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones are indeed timeless. A glimpse at the television lately will paint a
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by Lesley Mason
"Are aging rock stars timeless" how much of a non-sequitur is that? Of course they're aging: ergo of course they're not timeless. As much as we may have screamed and wept over them
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I recently enjoyed the awesome performances of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Cougar Mellencamp during the ballpark tour so I can unequivocally state the fact that these people
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by Simon Wright
Many of today's aging rock bands put their younger peers to shame, both in terms of showmanship skills and musical ability. At times, too, they expend far more energy on stage than
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Let the old guys rock as long as they can! The whole generation that is responsible for these aging rockers is different. They are former hippies, Vietnam veterans and protesters,
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by Mike Regan
One has only to watch either the concerts live or filmed, to realize they are not only able to entertain with a continuing energy and spirit- but also with catalogs flavored with such
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by Boxer Wyze
If you have to ask you don't understand rock and roll.
Rock 'til you drop! Forget the naysayers and those who say you are too old, rock and roll is about breaking out of the norm not
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Sing to the last breath boys! Performing quality has nothing to do with age. Most of the people who want to hear the oldies are oldies themselves. We grew up listening to the Beatles
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What's that saying about beauty being in the eye of the beholder? I think that can also be applied to this question or debate of whether certain aging rockers are too old to perform.
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This discussion would be funny if it wasn't for the suggestion that musicians should just quit performing and by association stop creating. Should writers or painters just quit because
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Passion, soulfulness, and the ability to communicate through lyrics and music is what makes the rock superstars like Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones, timeless. The fact that
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