Speaking of singers that are getting old

[TBM]

I avoid listening to live performances from people who are getting older unless I've heard about them sounding amazing still. I've seen/heard enough to know that it makes me sad and kind of ruins them for me, so I try to live in denial and enjoy performers when they were at their best by listening to recordings. lol

[Pom]

:::sticks fingers in ears::: La-la-la, glad I didn't watch. I refuse to think they are old and starting to suck.

I prefer the illusion of my beloved "Our Lips Are Sealed" circa 1981.

[dorothyinAus]

May 23, 2016 12:28:08 GMT -5 TBM said:

I avoid listening to live performances from people who are getting older unless I've heard about them sounding amazing still. I've seen/heard enough to know that it makes me sad and kind of ruins them for me, so I try to live in denial and enjoy performers when they were at their best by listening to recordings. lol

I saw Simon & Garfunkel in 2009, then Paul Simon solo in 2013, and I thought both of them sounded better older than they did in the 60's-70's.  I actually prefer the older Garfunkel than the younger one.

[mortomo]

I didn't watch/hear Belinda sing and I'm glad that I didn't because I'd rather be oblivious than to be disappointed.

This is how I also feel about Duran Duran. I don't want to see them old or hear them sing like crap because they are getting old. I need to keep my 1980's teenage crush alive when it comes to them. To me they are still in their 20's and can still rock tight leather pants.

[silva]

May 26, 2016 21:41:52 GMT -5 toledo said:

Duran can still rock tight leather pants and are sexier than they were in their 20s. Also, their new album is their best one since Big Thing.

I'm not silva , but I play her on The Olds. Lol. (OMG at this board, btw.)

I'm counting the days until I can Simon's one ball in his tight pants.  

[mortomo]

May 26, 2016 21:41:52 GMT -5 toledo said:

Duran can still rock tight leather pants and are sexier than they were in their 20s. Also, their new album is their best one since Big Thing.

I'm not silva , but I play her on The Olds. Lol. (OMG at this board, btw.)

  I should check out their new stuff just to see what it's like. Although, now that I think about it, I did see them on an I Heart Radio special not too long ago and I didn't really care for the song but I remember John didn't look all that different and still looked good.   John was plastered all over my bedroom walls and ceiling in high school. Lol

[MixedBerryJam]

May 23, 2016 12:28:08 GMT -5 TBM said:

I avoid listening to live performances from people who are getting older unless I've heard about them sounding amazing still. I've seen/heard enough to know that it makes me sad and kind of ruins them for me, so I try to live in denial and enjoy performers when they were at their best by listening to recordings. lol

I honestly do think the Rolling Stones were great when I saw them on tv (was that a superbowl halftime show a couple of years ago?) but I've seen Paul Simon and Paul McCartney live within the last maybe 5 years or so and they were both ... disappointing. And I wish I hadn't. I saw Elton John a couple of years ago and he was fantastic. But I think I've seen the last of my live concerts of performers that were in their prime when I was in my prime too. Judy Collins is lovely in a recording studio, but even in her prime she was pretty awful live.

[dorothyinAus]

May 29, 2016 15:17:10 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

May 23, 2016 12:28:08 GMT -5 TBM said:

I avoid listening to live performances from people who are getting older unless I've heard about them sounding amazing still. I've seen/heard enough to know that it makes me sad and kind of ruins them for me, so I try to live in denial and enjoy performers when they were at their best by listening to recordings. lol

I honestly do think the Rolling Stones were great when I saw them on tv (was that a superbowl halftime show a couple of years ago?) but I've seen Paul Simon and Paul McCartney live within the last maybe 5 years or so and they were both ... disappointing. And I wish I hadn't. I saw Elton John a couple of years ago and he was fantastic. But I think I've seen the last of my live concerts of performers that were in their prime when I was in my prime too. Judy Collins is lovely in a recording studio, but even in her prime she was pretty awful live.

I saw Elton John late last year and he was great.

I'm surprised you found Paul Simon disappointing.  I saw him in 2013 and thought he was great.  I was disappointed by the lack of banter between the songs, but I thought he was fantastic.  Most of the show was from the then new album So Beautiful, So What so a lot of people around me were upset there weren't too many of his hits, but I thought it was an excellent show -- and a great album.  The solo show was definitely as good as when I saw Simon & Garfunkel.

[pinkdutchtulips]

May 27, 2016 20:01:45 GMT -5 mortomo said:

May 26, 2016 21:41:52 GMT -5 toledo said:

Duran can still rock tight leather pants and are sexier than they were in their 20s. Also, their new album is their best one since Big Thing.

I'm not silva , but I play her on The Olds. Lol. (OMG at this board, btw.)

  I should check out their new stuff just to see what it's like. Although, now that I think about it, I did see them on an I Heart Radio special not too long ago and I didn't really care for the song but I remember John didn't look all that different and still looked good.   John was plastered all over my bedroom walls and ceiling in high school. Lol

John is like a bottle of good scotch. The older he gets OMG the better looking he gets ;D my 10 yo self had FABULOUS taste back in '84 lol