So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
So sad. PJ and Tom Petty at Summerfest in 2006 is prob my favorite show of all time. Glad I got to see him a few times over the years...one of the best ever.
So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
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So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.
Gee, thanks! Now I'm all stressed out over your post. Way to shorten my lifespan, PJS!
On a serious note...I'd much rather treat each loss like the tragic event that it is (my health be damned), than become numb to it, as I think so many people are. But everyone grieves differently. For example, I make inappropriate jokes. It's my way of momentarily escaping the heartache I feel.
I mourn as I need...and am realistic in the knowledge that death comes no matter what. Some - those a huge part of my "real" life, like my dad, or those a huge part of my musical or artistic life, like Carlin or Harrison or Petty - give me no choice but to cry my fucking eyes out for as long as needed.
That the lives I treasure can be lost in an instant or over a dreadfully-long time is never forgotten by me. Death is part of life.
So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.
Gee, thanks! Now I'm all stressed out over your post. Way to shorten my lifespan, PJS!
On a serious note...I'd much rather treat each loss like the tragic event that it is (my health be damned), than become numb to it, as I think so many people are. But everyone grieves differently. For example, I make inappropriate jokes. It's my way of momentarily escaping the heartache I feel.
I definitely don't think becoming numb to it is a good option either! That's why it's a balancing act. One needn't become numb to learn how to kind of accept it as a part of life, rather than being jolted into a sense of depression and misery every time it happens. Not when it's going to happen as often as it's going to.... I think all people need to find this balance when it comes to dealing with the deaths of our peers who aren't actually in our lives personally. Otherwise we'll end up in a constant state of depression/heartache, and we don't want that. The goal needs to be to find some sort of peace in the loss IMO, especially as we deal with getting closer to our own inevitable demise (or to just get as close to that as possible - it's not easy of course, and I'm not claiming to have mastered this, lol. I wish.). I do think inappropriate jokes are one fantastic way to find that balance, FWIW. And yeah Hedo, it does fucking suck. Big time.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
^^^ Good point. It still is a blow each time, especially if it's someone that was instrumental in shaping our youth with their music (or any art). But I agree...at our age, we'd better get used to this. Still hard, so hard.
The thought of losing someone close to me at any given time almost paralyzes me with fear.
So many of our rock stars are dying in their 50s and 60s lately. You'd think we'd have them for another 20 or 30 years
After Bowie and Prince a friend said to me that a lot of our icons are going to start dropping more frequently now due to their heavy partying lifestyles when they were younger. And some who continue to have dangerous vices.
That being said, it's time we start worrying about how we are going to leave the planet for Keith Richards.
There is that... I guess we also need to keep in mind that half of the population dies younger than the average lifespan. Not to be grim or anything, but... brace yourselves everyone. It's only going to pick up from here and it's not going to stop. Most of us are just at that age now, when we're going to see pretty much every single one of the musicians we've grown up loving die, and then our own peers will start dropping too. I know we all know that... but it's easy to forget... I'm not sure if it's good or not so good to live in this kind of denial. One the one hand, it does no one any good to avoid their emotions ... but if we greet each loss like this with any serious level of misery, that could be damaging as well. I guess trying to deal with these kinds of losses takes a bit of an emotional balancing act once it starts happening frequently, which it will.
The average lifespan for males in my generation (I'm about 10 months younger than Petty was) is somewhere around 78. But I've read it's falling. I don't know if that's due to more pollution (industrial) or getting more polluted (recreational) when we were younger. I'm sure I burned a few years off. Really get's you to thinking. Damn. Poof! Just like that. T.P.'s loss was a gut punch. But at the same time I guess we could say every day is icing on the cake. Get some miles out of each one!
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A drop from the ocean A tear from the heart All my love Has gone away Here we remain Waiting Any sign To reconcile hurt when i believe Without you now I'm so alone
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On a serious note...I'd much rather treat each loss like the tragic event that it is (my health be damned), than become numb to it, as I think so many people are. But everyone grieves differently. For example, I make inappropriate jokes. It's my way of momentarily escaping the heartache I feel.
That the lives I treasure can be lost in an instant or over a dreadfully-long time is never forgotten by me. Death is part of life.
And it still fucking sucks.
The thought of losing someone close to me at any given time almost paralyzes me with fear.
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RIP
A tear from the heart
All my love
Has gone away
Here we remain
Waiting
Any sign
To reconcile
hurt when i believe
Without you now
I'm so alone
Fly now