The old bands were better!

Don't care what you say. I was just watching Tull at the Isle of Wight(sp?)from 1970 and the band was awesome. No pyro, no makeup, no smashing guitars. Ian was amazing. That outfit! Looks like he got up in the morning in his long johns, threw on a pair of Robin Hood boots, a codpiece and a ripped plaid bathrobe. The pisser is - it totally worked. The drummer, Clive Bunker, was playing on a mixed kit of different brands and different colors. Great player - like a cross between Moon and Bonham. Nothing happening now that's that good. Sorry.

Also, check out Festival Train. The Band, Joplin, Grateful Dead, a few others. No bullshit. Huge talents stoked by youth, drugs and booze to musical heights never reached since. In rock, of course.

You younger chaps, the bands you listen to are but shadows. Go back to the roots. Woodstock, 0f course - Sly, Hendrix, Ten Years After.

Now I remember - it's not that I don't like rock music 'cause I'm older. I don't like it 'cause it sucks. Well, it doesn't ALL suck, but there's nothing as good as the old stuff. Enjoy.