imo rocknroll is really a young man's game, from the lifestyle, the image, the mentality behind the music and lyrics etc. no offense to the aging/aged rockers who are still doing it but i would be embarrassed to still be singing about magicians and dragons and the "struggle to make it" and all the other trappings that go with being a hard rocker when i hit my 40s. unless youre as awesome as dio, peyaps, hanopol etc etc medyo katawatawa na e IMO lng ha...
that said...there is a way to grow up gracefully into "senyor" rocker-dom. my favorite example is nick cave who i always describe as "adult contemporary punk"...still fiercely uncompromising, refreshingly lacking in pouting/posing/prancing/primping/poofting unlike say...aerosmith (mad respect pa din) and as seen by recent grinderman persona, still musically relevant
and that is what is important to me: relevance. again no offense to anyone who's still doing it and doing it well but i personally find the idea of playing/singing songs i wrote when i was 19 a bit cheezy® 20 years on. medyo wala akong pasensya sa nostalgia. im not saying i wouldnt have fun playing some old songs onstage with the old boys for laughs but to make a career out of a nostalgia act? ehrm...no
syempre mas mahirap na magbuo at mag maintain ng originals band pag tumanda ka na (ako) for one thing, wala ng time at stamina makabuo ng kanta with a band, for another thing yung mga ka-edad mo wala ng time para sa mga ganung walang kwentang bagay kaya happy na sila sa pagtugtog ng mga nostalgia pieces, "reliving the glory days" ika nga. hanap ka naman ng mga bata either may sarili na silang agenda or hindi ka man lang papatulan. kaya nag te-techno nalang ako e, ako lang magisa so no dealing with other peoples egos (just mine hehe), i dont have to jump around or do splits on stage, and more importantly i can play original, relevant and fresh music while maintaining a regal, dignified air behind my gear hehe
pasensya na mga iho medyo napahaba. ganyan talaga kaming mga matanda medyo long-winded. i have to change my diapers now and take a nap