Rolling Stones: Classic or Dud

Curious, so I looked it up: three years older than Trump, one year younger than Biden.

Huh, I was always impressed by Mick's reported exercise regiment, since he runs around so much and whatnot. I wonder what happened?

i was wondering that myself

He's still old

The healthiest guy on earth will still have trouble at 76 or whatever

how being skinny at 76......could kill you

It’s all those solo albums imo

Keith (the oldest man in the world for a few decades running) must be loving the idea of a Stones tour getting delayed due to Mick's health.

Maybe it was karma for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYDhjuq08Fg

It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. I'm really not surprised. I'd be just as unsurprised if I heard McCartney suddenly had to cancel his current tour for similar reasons. Even with the best will in the world, you cannot cheat old age.

Ringo will outlast them all.

Iggy is 71 (!) fwiw.

if Keith ended up outliving Mick, that would be a miracle (and a strong case for not giving a f about living a reasonable/healthy life !)

meanwhile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=9zZF2Ou6QRs

er, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zZF2Ou6QRs

if Keith ended up outliving Mick, that would be a miracle (and a strong case for not giving a f about living a reasonable/healthy life !)

William Burroughs lived to 83.

I guess that all an unhealthy lifestyle does is increase the possibility of triggering genetic susceptibilities to disease. Hence Burroughs et al living to a ripe old age and supposedly healthy people dying young. Maybe Keef just got the good genes.

I swear JPJ doesn't need that many strings on his bass btw.

I think we've talked about this, but what's the oldest any of our active rock/pop/whatever boomer icons have made it? Leonard Cohen made it to 82. Dylan is at 77, Macca 76, Mick 75. Ray Davis is 74, Neil Young is 73, like Pete Townshend. Ringo is 78.

Little Richard is 86.
Jerry Lee Lewis is 83.

The former is far from active, but the latter does still play shows, that's true. Also, JLL every bit the hard-living self-destructor as Keith et al.

Bill Wyman's 82, if he counts as an icon.

Not exactly rock but Dave Brubeck was still performing until he passed at 91 iirc. I saw him in 05 and he tore up the piano once he was helped to it.

(I found a 14m clip of that Moore/JPJ/Noble gig and dug it p well. Funny that Moore still mostly strummmed in eighth notes but it worked by creating a space for Jones and Noble to stretch out in.)

Have I told the story about seeing Marshall Allen playing for 3 hours as lithe and supple as a 20 year old, then googling him to find he was 89? He's 94 now and still playing.

Sun Ra's claims to immortality were naught but a diversionary tactic!

xpost, Yeah, my friend saw him play one of those epics last year!

Sonny Rollins is 88! Is he still playing out?

No, Rollins retired - respiratory issues; he can't play anymore.

Tony Bennett's still performing at 92, Burt Bacharach is 91 in a few weeks. Neither particularly rocking mind.

how old is every famous old person: a list

Kirk Douglas is still alive, and 102!

Olivia de Havilland is also 102. So is Beverly Cleary!

Ian Hunter will be 80 this summer, and still tours regularly. He looked pretty good the other night at the HoF induction finale.

Kirk Douglas is still alive, and 102!

― Josh in Chicago

and tearing it up in grand theft auto: san andreas

Bob Dylan was so much older then

Herman Wouk, 103! 104 in a few months, God bless him.

if Keith ended up outliving Mick, that would be a miracle (and a strong case for not giving a f about living a reasonable/healthy life !)

I like how in his book, Kieth kept coming back to how part of how he was able to stay fucked-up for so long is that more often than not he had access to the best stuff--pharmaceutical coke, fairly pure heroin--and if he had been using more inferior stuff he'd probably be dead like so many others.

Also (iirc) rarely shot up intravenously?

Harold Budd, 82, is still active. Played with Mary Lattimore just the other night.

XP Yeah, he'd inject into muscles, which is part of why he looks so weird.

Also, are the stories about blood transfusion in Swiss true ?

y'all, it's just luck wrt keith being alive

Jerry Lee Lewis is 83.

After his recent stroke, I'm wondering if Jerry is done performing, kinda think so.

I'm putting in my 2 cents for Big Jay McNeely, who at 81 was blowing sax and performing with the energy of a man half his age (or less) when I last saw him.

Drudge says Jagger is habing heart valve replacement surgery

Jagger has a heart?!?!

of stone iirc

his valve is torn and frayed

:/

Yeah, I've read that he's having a heart op as well, which makes me wonder how Jagger is going to play this. This could very well end up being their last tour after all. Don't forget that David Bowie was much, much younger than Jagger when he had heart problems and he as good as retired from live performance afterwards, only coming back for those last two records after a lengthy break. If he does throw himself back into touring after recovering from his op, then fair enough, but personally I think the guy should be resting up now. He's got enough money, he's done enough for music.

And, unlike Bowie -- unless stories emerge after his death -- Jagger's eliminated drink + drugs from his diet for at least thirty years.

He's got enough money

Does he have all of the money? No? Then not enough!!!!