Not a Drag Getting Old After All...
Mood:  happy
This is a snippet from an online newspaper from Arkansas...

I do wonder if some of today's acts will have the staying power of The Rolling Stones, or Aerosmith, or Johnny Cash. Somehow I can't feature any of the Interchangeable Blondes (Britney, Christina, Jessica, Lindsey, et al) still touring in 40 years. Granted, modern science, plastic surgery and preservatives could keep them looking the same as they do now, but I just don't think they have the staying power.

Nor can I see acts such as System of the Down, Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Clay Aiken, 50 Cent, or any of the other acts-of-the-moment still performing in 2045. I can't see some of them still performing in 2010.

However, I do suspect we'll probably see another Rolling Stones tour in 2045. I can picture it now — Charlie Watts propped up behind his drums and occasionally dozing off, Ronnie Wood sitting on stage in a rocking chair and a pot-bellied Mick Jagger alternately sucking on an oxygen hose and holding himself up with a cane.

Keith Richards, meanwhile, will be standing there, perfectly preserved, cigarette hanging from his lips, looking much the same as he is now, the enigmatic, unchanging Sphinx of rock 'n' roll.


Damn right about Keith, and don't you forget it! He'll still be kicking ass!