I got immense Satisfaction last night at the Stones concert. Of course, every concert I attend invokes the fantasy that some one on stage (in this case, Jagger) will look up into the stands, see me, and stop everything until I agree to come up on stage to sing and dance with him. Alas, this fantasy continues to be unfulfilled.
\nI sent the following as e-mail to CHOM this morning – Terry quoted me extensively, so at least my radio fantasy is partially fulfilled:
\nI just wanted to address the idea that the Stones are \u201cold\u201d or \u201cpast their prime\u201d \u2013 this is not some pathetic come-back group playing to a half-filled house at Caf\u00e9 campus. This is a vibrant, energetic group that still has what it takes to sell out the Bell Centre. The Stones are still writing, and God knows they’re still selling.
\nI think that the idea that they (and The Who, McCartney, and so on) are \u201cold\u201d is based on the idea that rockers are supposed to be angry young men from nowhere \u2013 but isn\u2019t that because when rock really made it as a genre, that\u2019s what the Stones et al were?
\nThese guys started it \u2013 rock has only been with us since the \u201850s. It\u2019s taken us 40 years to reach a point where there can be \u201cold\u201d rock stars. The Stones and their \u201ccontemporaries\u201d from the 60s and 70s are still around because they have the talent, the perseverance and the following to keep going. They set the precedent 40 years ago, and they’re still breaking new ground, if only by being as old as my Dad and still kicking butt.
\nIf they can still fill every seat in the arena, then I say more power to them! I could go on and on (for example, did people tell the elderly Picasso to stop painting, dammit, he was too old?) but for now I\u2019ll stop there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I got immense Satisfaction last night at the Stones concert. Of course, every concert I attend invokes the fantasy that some one on stage (in this case, Jagger) will look up into the stands, see me, and stop everything until I agree to come up on stage to sing and dance with him. Alas, this … <\/p>\n