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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 1:13pm
sirdroseph wrote: True, but even a 20 year old BB was ready to sit in a chair whereas James Brown was a totally different experience and sitting in a chair for him would not do. Solomon Burke, on the other hand ;-)

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 1:08pm
Beez wrote: I saw BB King and he performed most of the show in a chair and that was just fine. True, but even a 20 year old BB was ready to sit in a chair whereas James Brown was a totally different experience and sitting in a chair for him would not do.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 1:08pm
Beez wrote: I saw BB King and he performed most of the show in a chair and that was just fine. Yes, for his style of music it's fine, because he never really had to put up a show.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 1:04pm

Johray63 wrote:

It depends very much on the style of music and the way it needs to be performed. James Brown, sitting in a chair, wouldn't have been appreciated, but seeing (hearing) him perform the last years of his life, mainly made me nostalgic about how it used to be. On the other hand, decline does have its charm (sometimes).

I saw BB King and he performed most of the show in a chair and that was just fine. {#Yes}

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 12:58pm
It depends very much on the style of music and the way it needs to be performed. James Brown, sitting in a chair, wouldn't have been appreciated, but seeing (hearing) him perform the last years of his life, mainly made me nostalgic about how it used to be. On the other hand, decline does have its charm (sometimes).

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:59am
ptooey wrote: I saw B.B. King a few years ago, right around his 80th birthday. He sat down in a chair for nearly the entire show, bantered with the audience like the charming old man that he is, and politely rocked everyone's freaking faces off. He's 85 now, and I'd go see him again in a heartbeat.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:56am
I saw B.B. King a few years ago, right around his 80th birthday. He sat down in a chair for nearly the entire show, bantered with the audience like the charming old man that he is, and politely rocked everyone's freaking faces off. He's 85 now, and I'd go see him again in a heartbeat.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:46am
cc_rider wrote: I can resolve all the arguments bandied about in this thread, with just a few examples: - Pinetop Perkins (retired) - DEAD - Johnny Cash (retired) - DEAD - B.B. King - Dave Brubeck edit: - Pete Seeger - should retire.... That is all.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:40am

I think artists should have the right to perform and record as long as they are able and people are willing to purchase product. Now whether they should retire is up to personal opinion and there is no right or wrong answer. Personally I think there are a lot of artists that should retire not because I want to take away their right to create as they wish, but because they are ruining their legacy and sometimes it just gets to be plain ol' tacky. Kinda like wearing white in winter or something. {#Daisy}

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:36am
Steve wrote: I think Eddie Vedder should retire. Sir, you are officially my hero.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:35am
mzpro5 wrote: Saw Leon Russel on TV lately - he really should retire, looks and sounds like he had a stroke. Leon Russell actually had brain surgery to stop leaking fluid, but he has other health problems also.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:33am

cc_rider wrote:

I can resolve all the arguments bandied about in this thread, with just a few examples:

- Pinetop Perkins (retired)
- Johnny Cash (retired)
- B.B. King
- Dave Brubeck
edit:
- Pete Seeger

That is all.

To be clear, I don't think that artists should just retire at a certain age, that was just the name of this old thread I picked up. I just think that PS's new stuff is crap, that is all I was saying.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:31am

winter wrote:

Or at least not his most recent album. If everyone stopped after a stumble, there'd be a lot of short careers and a lot of missed masterpieces. You probably would have had a better reaction from others if you'd just started with "I don't like Paul Simon's recent work" instead of "artists should retire after a certain age".

I actually didn't start this thread, I did a search and picked up an old thread that had this title.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:17am
Monkeysdad wrote: I'm sure you could be arrested for saying that in Oklahoma. i'd be very, very sad if he did.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:12am
mzpro5 wrote: Saw Leon Russel on TV lately - he really should retire, looks and sounds like he had a stroke. I'm sure you could be arrested for saying that in Oklahoma.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 11:03am
Saw Leon Russel on TV lately - he really should retire, looks and sounds like he had a stroke.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 10:28am
winter wrote: I think he retired from music recently for medical reasons. Now that you mention it, I think I remember reading that he has some sort of spinal problems or something. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

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Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 9:43am
Proclivities wrote: I hope that Phil Collins is retired. I wish he had retired 25 years ago, but that's just my humble opinion I think he retired from music recently for medical reasons.

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