Aspies For Freedom

Now I won't pretend to be anything other  than a 43 year old man (AS, does that matter?), sitting at home after quaffing a few guiness, listening to some good music (Ronnie Lane). But I was wondering, what music gives us?, anyone? a voice. When I was 15/16 it was the Clash, and bless him, Joe Strummer, till he left us, he was still a great voice, when I was 40. I wept (slighly) when he left us, also when John Lennon went. I was 14 when I first heard the PiStOLs, StRAnglers, CLASH, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richman, Velvet Underground, PIL. Then I decided to explore. Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy,BB King, Johnny Cash, 1960's Jamaican dub, Lee Scratch Perry. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
I went to see, and hear Bob Marley, 1980, Glasgow Apollo. WOW. I seen Genesis, Tangarine Dream, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Rush, David Bowie (twice)....you name it. Every kind of music. All voices.
Maybe I'm just gettin' to that age, and I miss that way that music turns me, takes me down a different street, helps me to sleep...then slaps me round the face, and says Gerry, you ain't dead yet.....
New music still spins me.......The Good The Bad And The Queen, 1990's (bless 'em)
Think i'll shut up now

Do you think we are missing a big "star" ie a Bono or a Morrisey, Elvis or Bowie type charcter. There was an interesting artocle in the paper this week that there has not been a big rock star to emerge for years, such as the last ones were Ian Brown or Liam Gallagher and yet there has not been anyone since.

I'd consider Matt Bellamy to be a 'big rock star'. He's come after Liam Gallagher.

Yeah but will he be remembered as such? The group might but I don't know if he will be.