Quote:One thing is obviously clear - this is an important topic for you. I understand that from your point of view you were being objective, but in a discussion involving two people who saw different performances, what you hear is no more objective than what Stroud heard.


Clear, obvious, subtle, whatever. You think you know more about the quality of Metallica live performances, and you posted such.


I commented that I don't think AC/DC or Guns & Roses are relevant, and by posing it as a question invited input.


We've circled back to not agreeing.


The Jaguars just added 2 studs to their roster. that's my focus going forward.

Still banging on that subjective drum, I see. And doing it as poorly as Lars Ulrich, I might add. Look, you have me convinced. Let's make everything subjective so nobody will be wrong about anything ever again. It's my opinion that we are discussing this topic on the Colts message board. Dare not say anything to me of the contrary, lest I accuse you of trashing my opinion, and declaring you know more than me.


And since I haven't yet, let me address your relevance question. You should really define relevance in this instance. It could be argued that if these bands still play music, and people are still buying tickets to see them play it, they are still relevant. You later mentioned something about them being nostalgia acts, to which I agree. But isn't that really true of most bands whose members are not in their twenties, maybe thirties? Take an iconic band like The Rolling Stones, who could probably still fill stadiums, and ponder the last material they released that anybody is familiar with. People go to hear them play "Satisfaction", "Sympathy For The Devil", and "Start Me Up", not whatever music they released in the last ten years, maybe twenty.


This is because people typically most identify with the music of their youth, and that music was played by the young. Teens and twenty-somethings have a hard time taking a fourty year old or beyond person, who is singing about sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, seriously.


There are, of course, exceptions to this. Pink Floyd is an example. Their albums were always well received all the way up to their last one. But those exceptions are rare.

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