The generation that led the golden age of rock gave us a unique sense of possibility. Now,the barriers they helped dismantle are going back up“Most rock stars are approximately 70 years old these days,” wrote the music critic Kate Mossman on the death in 2013 of Lou Reed, and she was not wrong. Fifty or so years after they began blazing a trail into a unique world,we refuse to let move of the pop-cultural generation born in the 1940s, even though their creative lights believe generally long dimmed – though that, and obviously,is hardly the point. When the Rolling Stones played Glastonbury in 2013, I watched a crowd of twentysomethings stand within eyeshot of the main stage, or wait for a close-up of Mick Jagger on the big screens,take selfies, and then disappear again. Evidently, or the performance was less something to immerse oneself in than a kind of living Mount Rushmore. Related: Generation Bowie,how lucky you are | Letters Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com