Stairway to Heaven: The coming death of just about every rock legend ...

Just about every rock legend you can think of
is going to die within the next decade or so. ...

Behold the killing fields that lie before us: Bob Dylan (78 years old); Paul McCartney (77); Paul Simon (77) and Art Garfunkel (77); Carole King (77); Brian Wilson (77); Mick Jagger (76) and Keith Richards (75); Joni Mitchell (75); Jimmy Page (75) and Robert Plant (71); Ray Davies (75); Roger Daltrey (75) and Pete Townshend (74); Roger Waters (75) and David Gilmour (73); Rod Stewart (74); Eric Clapton (74); Debbie Harry (74); Neil Young (73); Van Morrison (73); Bryan Ferry (73); Elton John (72); Don Henley (72); James Taylor (71); Jackson Browne (70); Billy Joel (70); and Bruce Springsteen (69, but turning 70 next month).

The coming death of just about every rock legend

 

And yet, everyone says the 70s were a bad music decade. I realize the "golden era" of Hollywood was dead when Rickles and Jerry Lewis died and there were no contemporaries left to tell stories about the old days. I'm guessing Eastwood is the last brick in that wall.
DeNiro, Pacino, Scorcese
Hanks, Denzel, Sean Penn, Streep, Harrison Ford.

 

Harrison Ford is, like, Gene Hackman old. I mean, he's really old.

Pacino is older than his ugly-ass false teeth.

 

And I remember in the '80s wondering if Madonna would still be a thing 20 or 30 years later. She really isn't. I kind of figure Beyonce is in the same boat. Still famous, still marketable - but probably no longer considered an "icon." I don't know if performers just aren't "as good" as the previous eras, more likely it is just a fractured media landscape (more channels, more audio outets, more options)

 

That long of a list, and you don't even mention 68-year-old Phil Collins?

 

Once upon a time, we'd argue here about who on that list of soon-to-be-dead classic rockers was worthy of A1 (see Collins, Phil).

Sad truth is all of them have outlived "A1" of the print edition ... or at least the time when being on it mattered.

 

Why would anyone put Keith Richards on that list?

 

New generations have their own icons, they don't want our old ones.

 

Just because it’s incredible that he’s still alive.

 

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

True, but the all-time greats span the generations.

 

I want to see Keef pickled and on display like Lenin.