Clapton came up in another thread and it got me to thinking....Guys who were once considered titans but haven't produced but shite in years upon years.
The Who: can we please stop calling this Entwhistle/Moonless duo the Who? seriously. I know Townsend is the songwriter and Daltrey the singer, but there's no more life here. Zeppelin is one of the few groups who has had the total class to quit when they realized they had lost an integral part of what they were.
obviously, Clapton. has he done anything worthwhile beyond (maybe) 461 Ocean Blvd? Even the Layla project was goosed up by the presence of Duane Allman. I swear if I have to hear any more of his unplugged CD in stores, hallways, elevators, mens lavatories, etc, I'm gonna go on a knife wielding terror spree.
Rod Stewart. Once considered one of rock's finest singers, and he still has skills, but he deploys them on behalf of utterly flaccid crap. His first three solo albums are all masterpieces, and Stay With Me from The Faces, but other than that....muh. Chicks dig him (he's on his way to marrying his third supermodel amidst a string of blonde beauties....but gag.
Jimmy Page. The project with the Black Crowes used competition with young guns to get him out of his wheelchair but seriously, what has he done, really, since about '74? Perhaps living in Crowley's mansion sapped his soul.
Rolling Stones. I admire Keith Richards, in fact, virtually revere him, I really do. But they haven't done anything worthwhile since Some Girls. But I guess when you can go on stadium tours and sell tickets for $800, you don't have much incentive to strive.
Black Sabbath (original lineup) - If they're gonna do these summer shed tours, why can't they do a studio album? Bah.
Deep Purple - without Blackmore they are merely a mild blue pastel. no amount of pyrotechnics can compensate.
The Who: can we please stop calling this Entwhistle/Moonless duo the Who? seriously. I know Townsend is the songwriter and Daltrey the singer, but there's no more life here. Zeppelin is one of the few groups who has had the total class to quit when they realized they had lost an integral part of what they were.
obviously, Clapton. has he done anything worthwhile beyond (maybe) 461 Ocean Blvd? Even the Layla project was goosed up by the presence of Duane Allman. I swear if I have to hear any more of his unplugged CD in stores, hallways, elevators, mens lavatories, etc, I'm gonna go on a knife wielding terror spree.
Rod Stewart. Once considered one of rock's finest singers, and he still has skills, but he deploys them on behalf of utterly flaccid crap. His first three solo albums are all masterpieces, and Stay With Me from The Faces, but other than that....muh. Chicks dig him (he's on his way to marrying his third supermodel amidst a string of blonde beauties....but gag.
Jimmy Page. The project with the Black Crowes used competition with young guns to get him out of his wheelchair but seriously, what has he done, really, since about '74? Perhaps living in Crowley's mansion sapped his soul.
Rolling Stones. I admire Keith Richards, in fact, virtually revere him, I really do. But they haven't done anything worthwhile since Some Girls. But I guess when you can go on stadium tours and sell tickets for $800, you don't have much incentive to strive.
Black Sabbath (original lineup) - If they're gonna do these summer shed tours, why can't they do a studio album? Bah.
Deep Purple - without Blackmore they are merely a mild blue pastel. no amount of pyrotechnics can compensate.
