On Colbert: James Taylor is looking really old

[Teaser]

Man, and he's affecting some serious "old man" mannerisms.


This is rough.

[Teaser]

1. But he's singing like the James Taylor I remember

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[BlueStateGirl]

2. He seems really uncomfortable.

[redwitch]

3. Still has a great voice!

I love James Taylor!

[Captain Hilts]

4. He so seriously fried his brain years ago he didn't recognize Carly Simon in photographs...

and he was married to her at the same time.

He put Celtics fans to sleep at the Finals.

[avaistheone1]

17. Really, where did you hear he did't recognize Carly?

[Captain Hilts]

27. I think it was a Stephen Stills anecdote in reference to a RollingStone cover...

Taylor saw the picture and said "hey, she's hot!" And didn't recognize her until Stills said, "It's your wife, dude!"

Something to that effect/affect.

[Ichingcarpenter]

28. Care to give a link on that slander?

Otherwise its worthless.

[Captain Hilts]

52. James Taylor had a HUGE drug problem. It broke up his marriage.

This really isn't rank speculation on the part of me or Stills.

His drug problem is widely known.

Doesn't mean he isn't a talented musician or a good guy, it means he pretty much fried his brain.

[Skink]

5. He's old but cool.

[blue cat]

6. Aren't we all...

the breaking out in song is cool.

[halobeam]

7. Oh nooooo

don't say that!...

:cry: Time goes by too damn fast.

[Teaser]

11. time sucks

as soon as I can I'm transplanting my brain into a computer controlled tank and will live as a young avatar representation of myself in some online porn game.

[halobeam]

18. I can honestly say, I've never heard that one before!

:rofl:


Hey, Jackson Browne's new CD "Time the Conqueror"... hear his first track, it's incredible.


http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/discography/album/time-the-conqueror/


Just saw him at Borders/ Columbus Circle, NYC last Weds. night. He played five new songs; incredible.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. Yeah, I'm buying that one

I heard a couple of cuts.

Now, if we can get those people on MTV to play this stuff.

[halobeam]

29. Drums of War, was excellent live.... the bass provided perfect POWER

People were up on their feet, some with their fists in the air!(maybe I was one of them? HEH) Exceedingly, stirring.

MTV needs a host of music appreciation classes.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. The setting is awkward.

I would have enjoyed Stephen joining in -- like he did with CSN.

[Poll_Blind]

9. He's like 224 years old and survived cherry poisoning- cut him some slack. n/t

PB

[avaistheone1]

12. Ageism?

[Poll_Blind]

21. I'm not sayin' I'm the one who gave him the bad cherries... Not without council present, anyway. n/t

PB

[avaistheone1]

23. How do we know you are not on bad cherries and don't have very good sight?

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Well, he kinda is...

Like me. But we're young at heart.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. Hey.....He's three years older than me

give us old farts a break.... We can still rock

[4 t 4]

15. I don't know how old you are

but your getting old too.

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. Get off my lawn!!!! Damn it!

Me and my friend say so!





My friend ..... country joe at my house in the late 80s







Country Joe now

[Hannah Bell]

26. that's country joe? wow, looks like my uncle.

[ContinentalOp]

32. You're friends with Country Joe?

Gimme an F!... "F" :P

[driver8]

14. I saw him perform in July...

Believe me, he still sounds amazing!!

[glinda]

16. Even when he was young

I thought he looked old.

[Captain Hilts]

53. He never had any body fat. nt

[SidDithers]

19. I'm a steamroller, baby....

I'm bound to roll all over you.

Loves me some Sweet Baby James.

Sid

[halobeam]

24. I still torment my 13 year old by singing that to him .....

I always sang Sweet Baby James to him. I still think he likes it.... sometimes.

Funny side note:

I was given Taylor's latest DVD as a gift last xmas, and while he was singing that song, my son walked into the room saying, "Hey, I know this song, right?" I guess he never heard it the way it was supposed to be! LOL

[SidDithers]

25. You've got a Friend was our wedding song...

corny, yeah, but James Taylor has special memories for me :)

Cheers.

Sid

ETA: some really nice James Taylor vids on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mhfAO0aYMg&feature=related

[elleng]

44. Listened to it when daughter was infant;

I still like it! Hope she does!

[EFerrari]

41. I'm a napalm balm for ya, Momma!

lol

Love that guy, always. :)

[silverojo]

30. News flash: It ain't the 1970's anymore

We all age, and boomer icons are no exception. Just because people are famous doesn't mean they will age well. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

51. lol! 1970's? I knew of JT in the 60s when he was with Joni Mitchell. :)

[saltpoint]

31. I always begin with his music, which has been consistently interesting

at its lowpoint and at its best, it's visional and reaffirming.

James Taylor is what's right about the blend of new pioneer mentality and selective adherence to the history that got us here.

Also he has been very generous to the Democratic Party, to Native Americans, and to environmental causes.

And if you say anything negative about "Carolina In My Mind," I'll firebomb your damn house.

[halobeam]

35. good evening...er..morning...

Just came across this Cat Stevens global warming video to Oh Very Young... speaking of environmental causes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R92YpSURZ40&feature=related


My lips are zipped re: Carolina In My Mind. (but dammmn... it's not easy!) oooooo .... I just HAVE to say at least "this" much: it's consistently interesting.:hide:


psst- have you checked your mail lately? :P

[saltpoint]

37. "consistently interesting" !!??

halobeam, I've just called in an air strike on your residence.

You have 5 minutes to get out of the house.

= = = = =

I will check the mail when I get out from under other mail. I'm backed up something terrible. Apologies.

[halobeam]

38. Just a quick note before I bolt.....

out of the house, that is....



No need for apologies, matter of fact, by the time I rebuild my residence, buy a new computer and rewire everything.. I'm sure you'll have caught up by then, yes? :P

[saltpoint]

39. : )

[cherokeeprogressive]

33. It's because he's getting really old.

[ContinentalOp]

34. I thought this guy was a wife beater but now that I google it I find no evidence.

Where did I get that? Am I thinking of someone else?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

50. Yes, you're thinking of someone else.

[Captain Hilts]

54. I'd never heard that. nt

[deutsey]

58. Wasn't there some unproven gossip a while ago that Jackson Browne beat Daryl Hannah?

That may be who you're thinking about.

[BlooInBloo]

36. Just a guess, but I suspect it's because he IS really old.

[elleng]

45. NOT!

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina.<1>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor


Please readjust your 'standards.'

[Pastiche423]

40. He is younger than Carly

And only six years older than me.

We're old? :(

[EFerrari]

42. We're not old. We're just starting to have fun.

:)

[Beregond2]

43. "Fire and Rain" was my favorite song in high school.

It was one of those songs that made everyone in a room go silent and then start singing along. Now, it makes me thnk of all the friends I have lost along the way

[elleng]

46. What 'mannerisms?'

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[MrSlayer]

47. Well, he's 63 or something.

He is old. Not everyone is Mick Jagger or Ronnie James Dio.

[retread]

48. 63 is NOT old! n/t

[MrSlayer]

49. It certainly isn't young.

Late middle age fair enough?

[tomg]

57. I'm 59 and I would go with

very late middle age. The late middle ages, though, were followed by the Renaissance. But you have to be kidding about Jagger. I'm mean he is still productive and energetic and all that, but he looks like shit. Okay, I found the worst picture I could, but really that is just weird. He looks like he is emceeing a party in honor of Death.

[MrSlayer]

60. yeah he looks bad but he performs with the energy of one a third his age.

He still runs around and works the stage as well as he ever did. Though he does tend to flub the lyrics a lot. I can't imagine forgetting the lyrics to a song you've been singing for 40+ years.

[seabeyond]

55. that is what happens when you get REALLY old. as he is allowed and should be no less. geeez. n/t

[tomg]

56. Oh my God. People age.

I've been listening to him for years (actually since 1968) and I've seen a few times over the years. What might have thrown people off was 1) he was wearing a suit; 2) he is bald; 3) he normally has a guitar in his hands. What was weird was that it was as if a member of the board at some corporation suddenly went into an ass kicking version of "I'm a Road Runner" in the middle of a board meeting. Old man mannerisms? Rough? I thought it was hilarious and he kicked ass.

We all get old. You can get old while having had an interesting life, done some good, and been productive and progressive - or you can just get old. Too many people just get old. To put it in perspective, here is John Hall - formerly of Orleans, now of US congress.

[Teaser]

59. not me, though.

been 200 years. Don't look a day over 35.

I credit my iron rich diet.

[Metric System]

61. You're so vain.

I can't believe no one else has posted that.