Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

The Song Remains the Same

I'm pretty sure I haven't paid attention to Rolling Stone since about 1990, but I noticed it in the grocery store this weekend.

Oh my.

Well, not everybody can age like Roger Daltrey, I guess.

I remember at a party in college, hearing a guy opine "Led Zeppelin is really a band for the ages."

Somebody else answered "Yes, 13 to 17."

That reminds me, another party, just a few months ago, they had a band composed of kids that go to school with the host's daughter. The lead singer, I heard one of the mothers say, is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah.

They were not at all bad. They played Zeppelin, AC/DC, Queen (and Nirvana, which I thought was a little incongruous at first, then I realized, music from before you were born is music from before you were born, and the distinction between 1970 and 1990 might not be so important.)

When I was a kid, my parents still wanted me to turn that crap down or take it outside, which I thought was part of the appeal of rock & roll. It loses some of the rebellion when mom is rockin' out to her 12-year-old band camp grad singing Fat Bottomed Girls.

Update: From the reviews I saw, apparently it doesn't matter that the guys look like they are 60, they can still play...

Posted by Nic at December 10, 2007 05:50 PM | TrackBack