DISQUS

Curt Shannon · 1 year ago

Good stuff, and you are absolutely correct. After shelling out good money in recent years for Stones tickets and the snooze of the recent Scorcese film (except for when C. Agulierra and B. Guy shared the stage) we should all beware of our 60's and 70's rock heroes trying to turn back the clock. As to Rod's legacy, when you have Gasoline Alley, Every Picture, and participation in the The Faces and the Jeff Beck bands to claim, you've got more cache than most. At least he isn't drooling in the corner somewhere now.

billy budapest · 1 year ago

In all of rockdom, never was a greater talent so thoroughly squandered as that of Rod the Mod's.

jeff · 1 year ago

nice post.

i am a fan of rod (old stuff) and the faces. they were just a great rock n' roll band. i would very much enjoy a reunion show. it wouldn't be like seeing them in their prime, but for those of us who didn't have that chance it would be nice to watch them perform live.

PHR · 1 year ago

I am a (old) Rod and The Faces fan, as Curt Shannon says, "At least he isn't drooling in the corner somewhere now."
I hope the reunion goes true, for Rock & Roll sake.
The Faces were the best party band of their time and the songs they ceated are classic's
PHR

John Gray · 1 year ago

There is a Great Rod Stewart myth that just will just not go away. Yes, the first five albums on Mercury were classics and the highlights of his career. But sift through Rod's Warner Brothers albums and there is enough quality material recorded in exactly the same spirit and vein as the Mercury classics to fill at least five albums. This is a secret that Rod's fans already know, but the critics just will not acknowledge. Alas, it is fashionable to bash post-Faces Rod because he's up there - and at this late stage it seems unlikely that will ever change.

jefito · 1 year ago

I think it's fashionable to bash post-Faces Rod because of songs like "Love Touch."

m b (smiler member) · 1 year ago

rod is and always was the ultimate front man. no one can surpass rods energy, and enjoyment at his live shows. ok so his choice of material he records now aint what we like, but thats rods choice, not ours. yes i'm sure we all feel rod has a couple of good quality albums in him still. but i doubt rod will ever record them, (ihope i'm wrong) he aint picked up a pen since 1995, wwwtnb, was his last effort. his management show a complete lack of respect to rod & his army of fans. i just hope this faces tour goes ahead. if it's anything to go by the last faces reunion in 1986 at wembley stadium, it will be an amazing night. i just hope they remove the f---ing seats at these shows. cos, you cant watch the faces and sit down.. stand up and enjoy the merriment of the evening, and in rods own words " lets be silly, stupid" long live the spirit of the faces...

artistd · 8 months ago

As someone who has had the pleasure of seeing the Faces live and also the Jeff Beck Group, I agree Rod has changed. So have all of us who saw and loved the Faces way back when. People change... that's life.
Though Rod's concerts today are not the sloppy, drunken good time they were with the Faces, they are still very enjoyable. I, too, am no longer the sloppy, drunken concert goer I was back then, so it all works out