Bands or solo artists who are way past their prime and should retire

This thread is for folks to express their views on bands or artists they still like, but feel these musicians have just gotten too old and are pale shadows of their former selves.

 

Paul McCartney & Bob Dylan

 

Justin Beiber

 

He had a "prime" at one time?

 

For me, this is the conflict. Macca seems to really enjoy going out and doing it, while Bob seems miserable about it. That just might be my perception, but why do things if you don't enjoy them when there's nothing left to prove?

 

The Who...or what`s left of them. They made fantastic music until Keith Moon left us. They should have stop as The Who at that point.

 

NONE! These people are gonna be a long time dead, let's enjoy them while their hearts still beat.

 

They should do whatever makes them happy. Nobody is forcing you to attend their shows/buy their new records.

 

Randy Newman knows, but he ain't saying...

 

Haven't most grunge bands retired anyway?

 

other than tainting their legacy i think any artist should be able to keep doing what they love. their audience should decide whether they want to join them on that journey anymore. sometimes it is cringe-inducing i know like watching joan jett try to squeeze into spandex that doesn't flatter anymore on r n' r hall of fame or watching macca try to hit the highs in maybe i'm amazed on the snl special but if they have the passion and aren't afraid of embarrassing themselves by all means keep on keeping on. they are doing what they love and not a lot of people get a chance to do that.

 

Maybe it's just the average age of people on this forum but, boy, is retirement much on the minds of our members:

Sting , should he retire?
Should McCartney retire?
When should a band/artist stop releasing music and retire?
Should Dylan (and Others) Retire? --Interesting WSJ Article
Should artists retire after a certain point?

So: "thread subjects that are way past their prime and should retire" anyone?

 

As long as they are enjoying themselves and the audience is as well, I don't see any reason for them to retire. Who are we to presume we know better than either group.

As far as McCartney, he's been producing some of the best music of his career lately.

As far as The Who--it's a brand name that gets folks out to see T&D and keeps the music out there.

Just because some folks don't like what their doing lately doesn't mean they shouldn't continue. No one is forcing them to go and it is the artist's legacy, not ours.

 

I'll let the artists decide.

 

Roger Daltrey just can't cut it as far as what's passing as The Who anymore. Sad but true. PT seems to be holding up quite well, but The Who is cooked at this point, it's embarrassing

 

I couldn't care less who retires or keeps playing or whatever. If you love doing something, you decide when to quit.

I can, however, list a few artists who don't appeal to me anymore or who only had an era or an album or set of albums that I consider to be their best.
*Rolling Stones - I only really like the period from the late 60's to the late 70's. (Is that considered their "Golden Era"?)
*Santana - The first for albums are mind-blowing. They lost me after Caravanserai.
*Green Day - They hit their stride with Dookie and kept it rolling for the next two albums. Nothing has really grabbed me since Nimrod.

 

Dirk McQuickly and the Punk Floyd.

 

Ahhhhhh! Scary!

 

It may raise some eyebrows, but I have to say as a huge Kiss fan, it's just so over. 60 year old dudes in makeup, with 2 original members, with their last great studio album with all 4 of the originals being Love Gun in 77'. I think the ship has sailed.

 

Now your just being silly. Liberace died ages ago!

 

None of them. They should keep on doing it until the money runs out if they so desire. If.
As long as there is someone sitting there clapping at the ends of songs, more power to them.
And I hope they hold up the insult finger to their detractors as they do it.

 

Search results for thread titles including "should retire."

These are actual people and working musicians -- an incredibly rare opportunity -- whose concerns should be what do they love to do, who do they love working with? Do they want to keep doing it and are there gigs of interest? The public can decide whether to keep supporting the current offering. If a musician wants to work and can get the work, it's not his obligation to pre-emptively decide he'll quit rather than risking some fan's comparison to him in his prime.

 

Yeah, once Bieber's voice broke that was the beginning of the end.