Topic for the show: What Have I Become, Rock Edition

[senorcorazon]

Possible topic: which rock musician would be most disappointed by what he/she has become? Which would freak out the most if a time machine dropped music from the present into 1972? My guess is Eric Clapton -- Layla-era coked out Clapton hearing Tears in Heaven? Things would be smashed.

FOT PScan has a good guess: Rod Stewart.

I await your response in 2015 when your queue for topics opens up, Tom Scharpling.

[DJ Clem]

Ozzy.

Concurrently, Ozzy is my top candidate for "lifetime pass." The phrase was seemingly invented for that guy.

[Rhea from Winnipeg]

Jefferson Airplane devolving into Starship. Too obvious?

[Stupornaut]

Ice Cube?

[Bryan]

John Lydon

[senorcorazon]

Ice Cube?

Oooo, good one. The real question is which point would make him most disappointed -- the car trip movies?

[masterofsparks]

Brian Wilson (though his name will immediately be removed from contention should Pleasure Island: A Rock Fantasy become a reality)

Rod Stewart's probably the best choice, though.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Elton John.

[Spalding]

Black Francis

[dave from knoxville]

Black Francis

Great one.

I would suggest Courtney Love.

[cavorting with nudists]

It pains me to say it, but: Elvis Costello.

[Hugman 3.0]

Dylan. Obviously.

[Big Plastic Head]

Sting

[cavorting with nudists]

Dylan. Obviously.

Yeah.  If the young Bob Dylan could look forward 50 years and see himself a revered cultural institution, continuing to put out commercially and critically successful albums and touring to ecstatic, sold-out crowds around the world at age 69, he obviously woulda checked out a long time ago.

Also, Sting?  How is Sting not exactly where he wanted to end up back when he pretended to like New Wave music?

[mackro]

which rock musician would be most disappointed by what he/she has become?

Which one wouldn't be disappointed?  Youth is kinda programmed to defy elders, especially rock youth.