Also, if I'm not mistaken about your age, D, a lot of the musicians of OUR generation have already checked out. Incredibly rapid fame led to drugs and death, in many cases. Or maybe they were murdered, like Kurt Cobain. Those older guys have actually kept performing for an insane amount of time, after when "normal" jobs might already be retiring, even.Evil D wrote:2016 has been a really crappy year. I think it's just a coincidence and has to do with the average age of a lot of the musicians and actors from that generation.
tvenuto wrote:Also, if I'm not mistaken about your age, D, a lot of the musicians of OUR generation have already checked out. Incredibly rapid fame led to drugs and death, in many cases. Or maybe they were murdered, like Kurt Cobain. Those older guys have actually kept performing for an insane amount of time, after when "normal" jobs might already be retiring, even.Evil D wrote:2016 has been a really crappy year. I think it's just a coincidence and has to do with the average age of a lot of the musicians and actors from that generation.
I would include all the other Rolling Stones for that matter Brother>> Charlie Watts looks like some old man I recently met in his late 80s with a walker that I met in a nursing home recentlyyablanowitz wrote:A couple of things to remember. One is that those musicians were older than we thought. When we were teens, a lot of them were in their thirties or forties and had been playing for a decade or more before ever recording a song. Another is that the lifestyle of rockstars is not condusive to good health and long life. I still find it funny that Keith Richards has survived this long, even though he looks even older than he is.
Her death may be a loss to fans of that movie, but she was older than me, so I can't really be shocked by her passing, or the passing of others in that age range.Doc Dan wrote:Liesl has passed away. Charmian Carr is gone and the world will not be the same.
As far as Keith Richards goes, he is probably dead, but the drugs keeps him propped up with the appearance of life. He may be a zombie.
I heard about that. Oddly enough I don't think I've ever watched the Sound of Music all the way through. We had the Broadway soundtrack record and I overdosed on that at an early age.Doc Dan wrote:Liesl has passed away.
This list of "should knows" seems rather arbitrary. I realize you are hinting at a knowledge of "American Culture" but you do have to realize that American Culture, more than any other country's culture, is fluid. We place low value on tradition and high value on innovation. This is why we've invented so many things, and why we have so many successful (and unsuccessful) businesses. It's one of our greatest strengths and, of course, makes it one of our largest weaknesses.Dr. Snubnose wrote:Yes we are all getting older...some faster than others.....but Dan makes a sad valid point...I'm familiar with the stars, events, and the happenings of that of my parents generation....why...it was important to them...so it became important to me...No I don't expect the younger generations to know who were the Presidents of the United States under the articles of confederation before Washington, but I do expect them to know simple things like who is the VP currently and where is the state of Montana, how many stars on our flag, what the United Nations is etc
Like it or not, is this surprising? It's the dearth of resources, not the surfeit, that makes people resourceful.Dr. Snubnose wrote:The sad thing is for a generation with the benefit of the world's information at their disposal with a press of their fingertip...I find them to be the least resourceful of any generation before them.....Doc:)
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