Rock was the Music of the of our youth, adulthood, and now our old age.
“Time waits for no one”
… Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).
Lets include Graham Nash (77); Stephen Stills (74); David Crosby (78); Ringo Starr(79) and Stevie Nicks (71)
Oh and least we forget… Yoko Ono (86)!!
I really believe that Yoko will survive everyone on this list. She is one of those Japanese women you hear about that live to about 115.
But for every Rock personality on this list I’m sure that any one could name six or more that unfortunately “died before they got old” via accidents, suicide, disease, and a lot of drug overdoeses.
I remember being a kid watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan way back on Feb. 9th 1964. A black day for barbershops all over America. Later being introduced to something called “Hashish” at a friends house in 1966, I recall “Buffalo Springfield” was on the turntable.
In 1969 there was of course “Woodstock”.
The seventies was the era of “prog rock” ELP, YES, King Crinsom et al.
Rock was a big part of our life throughout the seventies and eighties. “Long live Rock”, “Rock and Roll can never die” was what people said.
Of course that’s not true in the case of people. Everyone gets old , “all thing must pass, all things must pass away”.
Even the “Grunge artist” of the nineties are now all in their forties and fifties.
Within twenty years all of them will be gone.
Except Yoko.
What will the Western civilization be like in twenty years?
Perhaps it’s just as well I not around to find out.
It might just SUCK!