Members New Trail Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 How old is too old to play modern rock, i.e. songs on the radio right now? Or IS there such a thing as too old if you like the music and want to play it? Isn't some music timeless/ageless, such as bands like Kings of Leon? And, if there IS an age cut-off, what are the alternatives for a band, classic rock, blues, jazz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mineame Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Your too old for modern rock when you feel too old playing it. It doesn't hurt to stay in shape, cut your hair to a style the crowd finds acceptable these days and maybe even dye it to get the grey out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 No age cut off if you do it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Your too old for modern rock when you feel too old playing it. Exactly. If it feels wrong; if you sense the audience thinking "WTF?"...then yeah...you might be too old. Otherwise, a song is a song is a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Until you get really old, and playing it becomes cool. Like Johnny Cash or Neil Young or Wanda Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JDRock Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 old? hell, jagger and mcartney are 70! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 if you feel silly don't do it. if you enjoy it... DO IT! BTW how old is old? I'm 36 and I don't feel old playing any modern rock stuff. some of the other guys in my band are in their 50s so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 15 years old. After that, it just looks undignified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangefinder Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Extremely song-specific in my opinion. The particular genre, when it was released, etc. doesn't really matter. Also (as others have noted) even if you can't pull it off "straight" you can still have fun with it in various ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goosefartfan Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hannah Montana?? Give up:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bish0p34 Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Your too old for modern rock when you feel too old playing it. It doesn't hurt to stay in shape, cut your hair to a style the crowd finds acceptable these days and maybe even dye it to get the grey out. This. I love Just For Men. Keeps me looking 10 years younger. I'm 37 and I'm not too old yet. I know a lot of guys older than me that still play modern rock and tear it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dasani19320 Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 Screw that! I'm 48, fat, gray hair. We play Godsmack, Killswitch Engage, Smashing Pumpkins, and people come to see us in droves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theGman Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 Old is 10 years older than you are now. REALLY old is 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 old? hell, jagger and mcartney are 70! Are they playing modern rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 I think it's kind of pathetic to see a group of 50 year olds dressing like they are in their 20s with highlights in their hair playing fad music. It seems unauthentic to me and that it's more about the "sales pitch" than the music. The guys in Gov't Mule are in their 40s, maybe early 50s, and they play some more dern stuff like Radiohead, Temple of the Dog, and Jeff Buckley. I guess that stuff is 20 years old now, but they don't look foolish doing it because they're not putting the image first. Just my $.03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mineame Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 I think it's kind of pathetic to see a group of 50 year olds dressing like they are in their 20s with highlights in their hair playing fad music. It seems unauthentic to me and that it's more about the "sales pitch" than the music. The guys in Gov't Mule are in their 40s, maybe early 50s, and they play some more dern stuff like Radiohead, Temple of the Dog, and Jeff Buckley. I guess that stuff is 20 years old now, but they don't look foolish doing it because they're not putting the image first. Just my $.03. Sadly though... today image seems just as important (if not more) then anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 Sadly though... today image seems just as important (if not more) then anything else. As opposed to when image WASN'T important? When was that? Elvis? The Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Duran Duran? Motley Crue? Guns n Roses? Nirvana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mineame Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 As opposed to when image WASN'T important? When was that?Elvis? The Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Duran Duran? Motley Crue? Guns n Roses? Nirvana? I see your point and it's very valid. Back in them days, they didn't have auto tune to fall back on. What I was trying to get at is. Today, bad singing can be compensated for... Having what is considered the appropriate look, not as easy these days. Comparatively speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members New Trail Posted October 29, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 I think it's kind of pathetic to see a group of 50 year olds dressing like they are in their 20s with highlights in their hair playing fad music. It seems unauthentic to me and that it's more about the "sales pitch" than the music. The guys in Gov't Mule are in their 40s, maybe early 50s, and they play some more dern stuff like Radiohead, Temple of the Dog, and Jeff Buckley. I guess that stuff is 20 years old now, but they don't look foolish doing it because they're not putting the image first.Just my $.03. That sounds good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 Elvis? The Beatles? Led Zeppelin? Duran Duran? Motley Crue? Guns n Roses? Nirvana? Those guys are all definitely too old to play modern rock. Some of them are also too dead. I will give Dave Grohl a pass because the guy is an amazing musician and he just looks like a regular guy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 The guys in Gov't Mule are in their 40s, maybe early 50s, and they play some more dern stuff like Radiohead, Temple of the Dog, and Jeff Buckley. I guess that stuff is 20 years old now,. Considering Mr. Buckley died in 1997, yeah...I wouldn't consider his stuff to be all that more dern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 Considering Mr. Buckley died in 1997, yeah...I wouldn't consider his stuff to be all that more dern. That's true, but it's definitely more dern good than hearing Mustang Sally again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 Those guys are all definitely too old to play modern rock. Some of them are also too dead. I will give Dave Grohl a pass because the guy is an amazing musician and he just looks like a regular guy to me. My point wasn't about any of them playing "modern rock" today. It was the fact that those acts were all about image as much as the music. I don't think that has changed much at all. I got mineame's point about autotuning bad singers, but is Taylor Swift really that much worse of a singer than was Lesley Gore or Shaun Cassidy? There's always been a big market for image over substance. Especially when selling the music to teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'm alittle confused. Are you comparing the Beatles and Led Zeppelin to Shaun Cassidy and Taylor Swift? Do you think the first bands you mentioned have had a lasting impact due to their music, their image, or it is a combination of both? All of them other than Nirvana were before my time, but weren't they trend setters whereas the pop acts you referenced were mostly trend followers? I am a big GNR fan and I've always read a lot of stuff making fun of Axl's image and even how he sings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 29, 2010 Members Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'm alittle confused. Are you comparing the Beatles and Led Zeppelin to Shaun Cassidy and Taylor Swift? No. It was two different comparisions. I was using The Beatles and Led Zeppelin as examples to refute the statement that it's more about image these days. I think it has ALWAYS been about image since the beginning of rock n roll. Even with some of the most revered acts of all time. I compared Taylor Swift to Shaun Cassidy to make the point that there has ALWAYS been young, VERY image-heavy, not particularly talented 'artists' in the market. I don't know that there are necessarily any more today than there used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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