Duran Duran and the magic of the aging rock star

From Paul McCartney to Bruce Springsteen with Duran Duran in between, nobody imagined rock stars would still be performing decades after their debut, continuing to captivate fans around the world.  There was no template for this in the early 1960’s but the music and the live performance is a magic all its own. Everyone, or… Continue reading Duran Duran and the magic of the aging rock star

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Springsteen’s Ghosts: Living proof that a truly great rock song can be written in any era by an artist of any age

To my knowledge, there aren’t many arena rock anthems about dead musicians haunting the singer, but somehow Springsteen manages to pull it off by blending the old and the new, combining old things in new ways in classic form.  Who says an artist can’t produce some of their best work at 70 years old? It’s… Continue reading Springsteen’s Ghosts: Living proof that a truly great rock song can be written in any era by an artist of any age

At least 2020 had an awesome Bruce Springsteen album, “Letter to You” might be the most fired up thing ever released by a 70+ rocker and his band

“There’s too many outlaws trying to work the same line” enters the lexicon as one of the Boss’s most timeless lyrics, especially in this era of endless politicization of everything including Bruce himself Full disclosure:  I’ve been saying since at least 2002 that Bruce Springsteen will be remembered as much more than one of the… Continue reading At least 2020 had an awesome Bruce Springsteen album, “Letter to You” might be the most fired up thing ever released by a 70+ rocker and his band