Back then, when people (usually parents of rock-obsessed teenagers) said that the new music was for kids, they meant that it was childish, that its highly amplified racket, throbbing rhythms, and disregard for established norms appealed only to young people, who would soon outgrow its excesses. In this respect, at least, rock 'n' roll has proven to be exactly what its critics said it was back in the early days of the rock era - music for young people - though in a sense somewhat different than they intended it. Yet that is the nearly invariable pattern in rock music. And in every case, that high point was decades ago.īut what about in their 60s, 50s, or even 40s? Think of classical or jazz composers, painters, novelists, playwrights, poets - those who work in these art forms don't typically peak in their 20s or 30s only to fade out over the remaining decades. But none of these artists - not one - is doing work to rival the quality of what they produced at their peak. Some produce new music from time to time. Yes, many of these legends still take to the road to play live. These are people we care about deeply, who write and perform music that means the world to us.īut if we're honest, we also have to admit that the loss is largely a function of nostalgia, of feelings attached to sounds and sights from long ago.
On one level, this will be a terrible loss. Over the next decade, most of these superstars are going to die, and the remaining holdouts soon after.
The baby of the bunch, Bruce Springsteen, currently wrapping up another residency on Broadway, turns 72 next month. James Taylor and Jackson Browne just completed a tour together the former is 73, the latter 72. And not far behind them are a host of rock stars well into their 70s: Brian Wilson, Carole King, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Debbie Harry, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry, Elton John, and Don Henley. All rights reserved.I wrote about this two years ago, and, inevitably, things are looking even bleaker now. In fact, Daltrey tapped Yungblud to perform at The Who‘s recent Royal Albert Hall charity concert for Teenage Cancer Trust, along with Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller and Ed Sheeran.Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. The kind of rock we made, it’s kind of gone, hasn’t it? Yungblud is a resurgence of that kind of rock.” Meanwhile, The Who‘s Roger Daltrey is also a Yungblud fan, telling The Independent, “Rock desperately needs people like Yungblud. Jagger continued, “That kind of post-punk vibe makes me thing there’s still a bit of life in rock n’ roll…it’s nice to see people still enjoying doing that high-energy stuff.” While he first found fame as a rapper, Kelly, born Colson Baker, has been at the forefront of the current pop/punk revival. He added, “In America, you’ve got Machine Gun Kelly and so on, people like that.” “You’ve got a few in England, you’ve got Yungblud,” Jagger said, referring to the British alternative rock artist born Dominic Harrison. He then added that he feels there’s now “a few” rock singers “coming up.” “In rock music, you need energy, and there hasn’t been a lot of new rock singers around.”
“I like people with energy, a lot of the time,” Jagger responded. In an interview with Sweden’s P4 Extra, the iconic Rolling Stones frontman was asked what “inspires most today musically.” In fact, there are two young artists he feels are helping keep rock music alive and well. He may be 78 years old, but Mick Jagger is still inspired by current music.
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