Rayman Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I appreciate that the only way for bands to make money these days, is to play live…. but really….. when should these old bands just call it a day?? It’s embarrassing when the singer can’t hit those notes anymore….. Bon Jovi… Judas Priest….. Whitesnake…… Please…. You had your time…… enough is enough. No? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 No. Why should they stop if they still enjoy it? What a ridiculous thing to say. Would you stop doing something you love if some punter came up to you after a gig and gave you a pissy comment? If you don't like what they do, jog on. There's lots of other music out there which might not embarrass you, listen to that. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 And the Rolling Stones are thinking about sending out digital avatars (like ABBA have done) when they can't drag their old bones on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I'm with @Rayman on this. Far too many formerly famous people just doing it for the money. Give it up... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 What a ridiculous post. The older generation, the Solid Silver 60's Show tours, are still playing to full houses. Who gets to decide that they have no right performing in front of all those paying customers? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: I'm with @Rayman on this. Far too many formerly famous people just doing it for the money. Give it up... If these ageing bands were coming out with interesting and different material then fair dos. Thing is, in the vast majority of cases it's the same old same old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: If these ageing bands were coming out with interesting and different material then fair dos. Thing is, in the vast majority of cases it's the same old same old. Just like most pub bands..? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) I think they should call it a day when no-one goes to see them, but then I don't have a particular dislike for any of the bands mentioned. Don't really like any of them either. I'm very much looking forward to seeing The Dead Boys in a few months time. One original member in the band. One. I have no clue about the others and I don't care who they are either. Judging by the videos I've seen it'll be quite geriatric and it looks like they won't be sober either. Still it will be a good night out with mates and we'll very likely meet people we haven't seen in a while, and likeminded weirdoes. If it's the worst gig I've ever been to it'll still be a night to remember. I don't really think I'm reliving my youth here, but having worked at concerts for 10 years I have seen a lot of that. And also of people still enjoying meeting likeminded people or rather people who love(ed) the same music. I see all the bands mentioned in the OP are connected to the metal scene which in my experience have the nicest crowds. That in itself may be a reason to go for some. Just a good night out. I have been at some terrible gigs with "Big" names. People had fun and I had a good time then too. Man, insomnia makes me babble on. sorry. edit: not that I don't see the point of the OP, I have asked the same question many times myself when at work. (I'm about to repeat the whole thing over again so I'll stay away from the keys now.) Edited October 30, 2023 by HornetPinata zzzpelling and not making sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 They can keep rolling them out in wheelchairs as far as I'm concerned. They're still better than 99.99% of the cr@p so called "music" that's being released now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 There's certainly a ton of bands out there that are still gigging when they're well past theur sell-by date, but if tickets sell then they'll keep doing shows. Look at recent/ongoing/upcoming tours by Kiss, Motley Crue/Def Leppard, Elton John, Madonna, Stevie Nicks (and so on); IMO these should all have hung up their boots many years ago, but until people stop paying £250 for a seat in the gods to watch a lipsynching granny in basque cavort about with dancers half her age, then they'll keep doing it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said: There's certainly a ton of bands out there that are still gigging when they're well past theur sell-by date, but if tickets sell then they'll keep doing shows. Look at recent/ongoing/upcoming tours by Kiss, Motley Crue/Def Leppard, Elton John, Madonna, Stevie Nicks (and so on); IMO these should all have hung up their boots many years ago, but until people stop paying £250 for a seat in the gods to watch a lipsynching granny in basque cavort about with dancers half her age, then they'll keep doing it. Exactly this! While agree some bands are nowhere near what they used to be I just won't pay to go and see them. But they won't miss my £250 out of the millions they're making from everyone else. It just seems like the natural order of things now. Young, exciting new band has to sell cheap tickets, graduates to established band, cashes out with greatest hits tour/ no more tours/ we swore we'd never tour again.... And so it goes on. It's like the Vegas residency but coming to an arena near you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Tell that to all the over 65s still working and not letting the youngsters have a job. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Just like most pub bands..? from the many I've seen and heard ...yes unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 28 minutes ago, Supernaut said: Tell that to all the over 65s still working and not letting the youngsters have a job. 😂 It's odd, when I was a kid, it was all 18-30 holidays, the original supermodels, yuppies and so on. All these people are now pushing 60 (at least) and they're all desperately looking to hold onto something from their youth. Look at Kiss, Simmons is 75 or something, Madonna is 65, Nikki Sixx is 64, same goes Joe Elliot. Vince Neil 62 and despite his stomach surgery, he lumps around like a beached pilot whale and still can't sing. I love early Motley and was a huge fan of Kiss until about 1980, but there's no merit whatsoever in what they're doing now and it just p*sses over whatever remains of their legacy. I'm not being ageist, but if that was mum up there doing what Madonna is doing, I'd be horrendously embarrassed. There is nothing remotely sexy or alluring about what she's doing, despite what she probably thinks. Thing is, nobody has got the strength to tell these people that it's time to stop, give it up and go live off your millions. But hey, there's always one more payday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDelores Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Interesting. I saw KC & The Sunshine Band live recently and couldn’t stop thinking that they should just Give It Up. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said: There's certainly a ton of bands out there that are still gigging when they're well past theur sell-by date, but if tickets sell then they'll keep doing shows. Look at recent/ongoing/upcoming tours by Kiss, Motley Crue/Def Leppard, Elton John, Madonna, Stevie Nicks (and so on); IMO these should all have hung up their boots many years ago, but until people stop paying £250 for a seat in the gods to watch a lipsynching granny in basque cavort about with dancers half her age, then they'll keep doing it. Yup, I just don't geddit. Ha ha not just a lipsynching granny in a basque, but a lipsynching granny in a basque and fishnet stockings. Hmmmm nice!! It was either this year's Glasto or last least year's where the combined age of all the people in the headline and second tier acts was over 1,200 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I think that this all was neatly satirised by The League of Gentlemen with Crème Brûlée 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Who appointed anyone on here as the official arbiter of when musicians and bands should pack it in? If they want to keep going and enough are willing to buy tickets, it's their business what they do. Nobody is forced to go and see them. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 Some interesting responses there. So the examples I gave in the OP, Jon Bon Jovi clearly cannot sing the songs anymore , neither can Rob Halford, neither can David Coverdale …… etc David Coverdale has said publicly, that he really needs to think about whether live work is still an option (certainly with regards to Whitesnake). There are probably plenty of bands and artists in their twilight years who can still pull it off, great, keep doing it. However when the live performance is massively undermined by the limitations of an aging throat, surely that performer should consider some pride in their work and call it a day? Or do they just plough on regardless and cash in for as long as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 If you don't like it then don't go to the gigs ... because, after all, they probably aren't going to your gigs. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 If you don't like them don't go and watch them. They give people a lot of pleasure. I guess it's nostalgia. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Unless you play originals, we are all in the nostalgia business! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Stevie Wonder is 73 years old and still singing his songs in the original keys. OK maybe he's unique, but I believe he regularly sees a voice coach. That might be the answer for these other croaking singers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Some of may know Johnny Osbourne, he’s recently released a new album and is still touring and still sounds great aged 75 , if you’ve still got it then don’t stop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, ambient said: If you don't like them don't go and watch them. They give people a lot of pleasure. I guess it's nostalgia. I agree, it's the whole show as well, the whole bundle.... I was watching a few fairly recent Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry live videos recently, and yes...Mr. Ferry's voice ain't what it was, but it was a great show. People want to see him, so more power to him. Everyone seemed to be having a blast. All good. Now, I'd not go and see him, but saying nobody else should is a bit like saying, I dunno, I don't like dog shows, so they shouldn't hold them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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