Much as we may love old music acts there's a time when it has to stop. Not sure when that is. No idea when we should know better and not attend. People age at incredibly different rates.
Tonight, I went to see the Monkees final tour. Mickey and Mike are the last 2 of the 4 left alive. Mickey, 76, carried the show. Signing at the top of his lungs, playing percussion instruments, dancing around. Mike, at 78 is only 2 years older than Mickey, sat throughout. He played nothing. He would leave the stage for extended periods. He would mumble a few lines now and again. He really seemed border line senile. I feel bad for him. I feel bad for the audience: this guy has no business touring anymore.
But you can't have a clear cut off date either. Again, only 2 years younger, Mickey was whirling around the stage entertaining us.
I just know, going forward, I'll be a lot more careful seeing a nostalgia act.
Tonight, I went to see the Monkees final tour. Mickey and Mike are the last 2 of the 4 left alive. Mickey, 76, carried the show. Signing at the top of his lungs, playing percussion instruments, dancing around. Mike, at 78 is only 2 years older than Mickey, sat throughout. He played nothing. He would leave the stage for extended periods. He would mumble a few lines now and again. He really seemed border line senile. I feel bad for him. I feel bad for the audience: this guy has no business touring anymore.
But you can't have a clear cut off date either. Again, only 2 years younger, Mickey was whirling around the stage entertaining us.
I just know, going forward, I'll be a lot more careful seeing a nostalgia act.