2016 - The great Boomer Die Off ?
RAJ
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Holy shit.
We're a couple months in and we've lost Bowie, Glenn Frye, Mott the Hoople drummer, Lemmy, dude from Tower of Power, American Breed guy, REO Speedwagon shredder.
Is the hard partying of the 70s and 80s catching up to these people? Or is this normal aging process. Decades of coke and alcohol abuse coupled with all nighters and touring couldn't have done these people well.
Facebook is one big eulogy right now.
We're a couple months in and we've lost Bowie, Glenn Frye, Mott the Hoople drummer, Lemmy, dude from Tower of Power, American Breed guy, REO Speedwagon shredder.
Is the hard partying of the 70s and 80s catching up to these people? Or is this normal aging process. Decades of coke and alcohol abuse coupled with all nighters and touring couldn't have done these people well.
Facebook is one big eulogy right now.
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I highly doubt that Lemmy would have traded more ten years for this kind of lifestyle.
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Wrong. When McCartney dies the cute one death wail will trigger earthquakes.
There was a SNL skit with folky lounge singer (Dan Aykroyd?) "This next song is by my good friend, the late great, Bob Dylan".
Keith Richards is the other obvious one, but when he goes isn't everyone just going to think "Welp, we knew he couldn't beat the odds forever."
Dylan is basically the Zeus of the Boomer Mt. Olympus though, and Jagger always represented boomer ideals of vitality to a greater extent than anybody else.
At the very least McCartney's death will make the Meatmen sing, "Three down, one to go!"
THE DEATH OF IGGY POP
Me, I'll raise a glass to Lydon, Sensible and Charlie Harper when the time comes, with a nod to Jello.
Hey,
If any of the CSNY guys pass, then I'll be heartbroken. David Crosby already had the liver scare, but got the transplant and lived. Those guys are getting up there in age. Also, Donald Fagen and Walter Fagen aren't spring chickens.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak