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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

~FR~

We talk about respecting age and experience in our culture, but we're full of shit. We want young and new.

I wonder if folks here will consider themselves old and washed up at the end of their careers.

The trouble with a gig like this is although people say they like new things, they are also full of shit. They want the old hits.

So we have a band more or less forced to recreate something 40 years old, and crushed into a time limit. I'd have liked to see them on a concert stage instead, mixing the expected hits with new approaches and the artistry that 40 years of mastery brings.

It bothered me to see them summarily dismissed. It's not an easy gig, and few people can do what they do and can do.

And people age. It's part of all our lives. Not the end, as many seem to believe it should be.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

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ORIGINAL: slaveluci

I'm glad not all of them died before they got old. I enjoyed it but then I'm pretty realistic. I don't expect them to look, sound or be exactly like they were 40 years ago. No one is capable of that. Reality taken into consideration I'd say they're still pretty good. I think they still merit respect for being the musicians they've been all these years. Keep rockin, guys!

luci

so it was not lip sinked?

They often are.

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ORIGINAL: sensubmaybe

The great thing about Larry Welk was, aside from the bubbles of course, that he was already old when he started, or seemed old anyway. You'd never have people talking about Larry in his late 60s, like The Who members, playing music he was too old to play.

I think next year they should have Tony Bennett. The guy's a living legend; about the last survivor of his day and considering that he's over 80, his voice is still amazing. And as a personal aside, I met him once and he's a really nice guy. That's my vote for next Superbowl.

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

~FR~

So we have a band more or less forced to recreate something 40 years old, and crushed into a time limit. I'd have liked to see them on a concert stage instead, mixing the expected hits with new approaches and the artistry that 40 years of mastery brings.

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ORIGINAL: intenze

How come the Who got old but I didnt?

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The great thing about Larry Welk was, aside from the bubbles of course

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

It is all about the crotch.  Remember the close up camera shot of Bruce Springsteen's crotch?  He went sliding across the stage, and suddenly his crotch was there, in the camera.

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Hey, I was a captive audience, just watching a halftime show.