Fuqqme! I'm past it.

stufisher

Watching Download Festival Reloaded on SKY Arts and the first up is Iron Maiden (The Trooper). I never liked them back in the day ... now they're crusties crooning and clawing  
Next up Metallica  ... utter shite ... Hammet's useless and Hetfield is timeless. I never was a Metallica fan anyway but I kinda understood their popularity ... not now.

So, the common denominator is me ... I'm ageing and more twisted, less patient and just can't be arsed with pretense or pish-wittery. 

I might just be languishing in the bitterness of 'bye bye Nigel Lawson' but I played really cleanly, melodically and fiery for 80 mins this eve so I'm thinking I'm past it wrt to old boys who are a beat slower and a step lower.

Anyone else feel the same?

maltingsaudio

There are 3 elements to your post, watching ,listening and playing. Those three very rarely go together so don’t worry about it. 

Music is mainly there to be played and listened to so as long as they still do it for you, watching it and not enjoying it especially on tv , is totally acceptable.

There is nothing worse than physically watching someone murder a standard, and nothing better than watching someone take a standard to a new level. If your the person who does that even better.

theatreanchor

Reading this post, it might just be you.

Snags

Looked at another way, you watched two bands you've never liked performing live where a big part of the enjoyment is being there, and you didn't like it.

I think the problem might not be what you think it is

stufisher

Good point ... well made  

I'm usually very pragmatic and balanced in my views but when riled (by something) and quaffing malts late at night, perhaps less so  

p90fool

Watching music for 14 year olds played by 70 year olds is always going to leave a slight credibility gap, so maybe it's not just you. 

Snags

p90fool said:

Watching music for 14 year olds played by 70 year olds is always going to leave a slight credibility gap, so maybe it's not just you. 

A perfectly reasonable critique of the cover band circuit

p90fool

Snags said:

p90fool said:

Watching music for 14 year olds played by 70 year olds is always going to leave a slight credibility gap, so maybe it's not just you. 

A perfectly reasonable critique of the cover band circuit

Oh definitely, guilty as charged!

Brize

If you're tired of Iron Maiden you're tired of life.

hollywoodrox

I used to be a big maiden fan  but I got a bit fed up of Brexit Bruce 

Brize

hollywoodrox said:

I used to be a big maiden fan  but I got a bit fed up of Brexit Bruce 

Speaking to Classic Rock, Dickinson has now defended his position on Brexit by saying that “it’s slightly disturbing that people cannot contemplate that other people have other views contrary to themselves”.

theatreanchor

hollywoodrox said:

I used to be a big maiden fan  but I got a bit fed up of Brexit Bruce 

Wonder if this goes some way to explaining the proliferation of Union Flags in their artwork over the years.

ElectricXII

Snags said:

p90fool said:

Watching music for 14 year olds played by 70 year olds is always going to leave a slight credibility gap, so maybe it's not just you. 

A perfectly reasonable critique of the cover band circuit

Steady. I'm only 57!