I think there's a lot of good bands/artists 50+.
I guess it just depends what you like.
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Sorry. Double post.
Maybe Elton John and Billy Joel? I dunno how old they are....I'd say there older than 50....
Geez, how could I forget Elton.
That guy has had a top 10 hit on just about every single year since 1970.
That guy has had a top 10 hit on just about every single year since 1970.
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Tom Waits
Carlos Santana
Phil Collins
Scatman John (kidding)
In other, not so popular genres there are loads, e.g. Miles Davis (also had mainstream-success in the 80s), and the guys of Buena Vista Social Club are THE exception (have there ever been any other newcomers that old?). Even hiphop has its Africa Bambaataa.
I think that after they become too famous and too rich and finally get used to being filthy rich most rock stars lose interest in music and therefore are unable to develop new style. If you ask me, the same happened with Queen in the early 80s.
Perhaps a better explanation is that rock is/was more than music, it was the youth's culture. Young people developed it, and young people listened to it, mainly to rebel against their parents or the older generation. When you get older, these indispensable conditions disappear and what used to be honest expression is then replaced by comic bathos (just look at Keith Richard's or Brian's attempts to look like hard-rocking, 30-year old axe-heroes).
In a nutshell, rock and age are paradoxical.
Carlos Santana
Phil Collins
Scatman John (kidding)
In other, not so popular genres there are loads, e.g. Miles Davis (also had mainstream-success in the 80s), and the guys of Buena Vista Social Club are THE exception (have there ever been any other newcomers that old?). Even hiphop has its Africa Bambaataa.
I think that after they become too famous and too rich and finally get used to being filthy rich most rock stars lose interest in music and therefore are unable to develop new style. If you ask me, the same happened with Queen in the early 80s.
Perhaps a better explanation is that rock is/was more than music, it was the youth's culture. Young people developed it, and young people listened to it, mainly to rebel against their parents or the older generation. When you get older, these indispensable conditions disappear and what used to be honest expression is then replaced by comic bathos (just look at Keith Richard's or Brian's attempts to look like hard-rocking, 30-year old axe-heroes).
In a nutshell, rock and age are paradoxical.
technical post - since after my last post above (using the old board) the topic did not return to the top. Strange.