Tuesday, February 07, 2006

don't give a shit about football but did watch the rolling stones strut during the halftime show at the superbowl. i heard many complain that the stones are geriatric, too old, for rock and roll. hell, old mick might be at the age to collect social security checks, but he can move. and i read last weekend in the paper lee renaldo of sonic youth just turned 50. perhaps they should change their name to sonic middle-age. who gives a fuck. sonic youth is still making badass music. and my brother told me nasa has dibs on keith richards' body when he croaks. the eggheads at the space agency want to study his liver, see what indestrucble material it is made of. so they then can smear the substance on their space vehicles for a flawless reentry.

i dare anyone moving up in age, who isn't getting old?, to confess that they're too old to rock, rap, or, you get my meaning, yo.

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5 Comments:

At 5:29 PM, Blogger Alex Gildzen said...

don't forget Tina Turner who just got better & better with age. when I see these silly young girls trying to sing & strut at the same time I just giggle. give me Tina any day.

 
At 8:38 PM, Blogger Guillermo Parra said...

Hello,

The fact that portions of the Stones' concert were censored by TV stations means they were probably playing well.

And Sonic Youth? They're such magnificent geniuses. I'll always remember seeing them play at my college in Florida in 1991. That night, Kim Gordon knocked a drunken frat boy off the stage with her bass guitar. It was beautiful.

--Guillermo

 
At 1:00 PM, Blogger Jean Vengua said...

I saw some closeup recent photos of Keith Richards playing guitar, and was surprised to see how arthritic and deformed his hands are. Amazing that he can still get up there and rock out. The adrenalin probably keeps him going (and maybe a few other substances).

 
At 5:08 PM, Blogger richard lopez said...

alex: me too. i'll take tina any day over brit and her ilk

guillermo: was that the tour with neil young? i missed it, i was living in s florida at the time, and i believe social distortion, my favorite band, opened up. saw mike ness of social distortion kick a punk off the stage in the middle of a guitar solo

jean: i want to see old mick and co. off the stage, cuz they sure do strut, but methinks that they are bent over in some serious-ass pain when off the stage and limping to the green room

 
At 4:33 AM, Blogger Guillermo Parra said...

Hi Richard,

I did see them open up for Neil Young a few months later, also in Florida (fantastic, especially watching dozens of startled Young fans booing SY).

Someone told me recently that the show where Kim Gordon knocked the frat boy offstage was mixed by Steve Albini, who was touring with SY opening act The Jesus Lizard. No wonder that show blew me away!

 

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