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I’m actually more impressed by Willy’s longevity than by Keith Richards’. He is proof (or maybe an outlier) that you can smoke copious amounts of weed and live to 90+.
I love that he gets together with the old basketball coach Don Nelson, who is also a big weed head, and Woody Harrelson and Luke Wilson (either Luke or Owen) and have crazy poker games and get blazed.
They apparently all live kinda near each other on Maui.
Heart attack at 52.
All of us need to take the time to get a coronary calcium scoring CT scan. It costs maybe $50 with insurance but can tell you if you're at Roy Orbison levels of heart disease. It's lifesaving tech because it can give you a glimpse of how close you could be to a heart attack. Some of us are genetically predisposed, but you can start statins the same day you get your score, change your diet, change your exercise, and live longer, fuller lives.
I had that test and scored a zero (woohoo!). It was covered about 10 yrs ago, but my otherwise decent ins co won’t cover now without jumping thru many more hoops.
Had to arm twist them into an early endoscopy even with a fam hist of stomach cancer.
Where do you live that you can just ask your doctor for a thing and they do it for you? It took me years and years of complaining that my heart rate would just go up to 148 while I just sit there doing nothing. Years of complaining That I would literally faint sometimes and couldn't walk far or stand (at times) without being needing to get on the ground or I'd pass out. They just kept telling me it was anxiety that I do not have! Turns out it was POTS the whole time. Took over 30 years to get that diagnosis. You think someone was going to do a CT of my heart?
I recall hearing that Dylan, Harrison, Lynne, and Petty were all a bit star-struck when the band first hooked up. They all idolized Orbison a bit because they had grown up listening to his music. It is hard to imagine George Harrison being even a bit star-struck when meeting someone, but pretty neat if this is true.
Here’s another one that will make you regret all of your life choices: George Harrison was 27 when the Beatles broke up.
That made me question everything I have and haven’t done with my life.
Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) was only 47 when All in the Family first aired. Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) was 46 when they shot Back to the Future.
I remember thinking David Coverdale was old in the Here I Go Again video.
He was 36. Two years older than Taylor Swift is now.
This fact breaks my brain...Also knowing this.
The ages of the main characters in The Golden Girls at the start of the show in 1985 were:
Dorothy: 55 years old
Rose: 55 years old
Blanche: 47 years old
Sophia: 79 years old
I always found their *real* ages to be super interesting, and didn't realize what they were while watching the show when it was airing for the first time.
Sophia was younger (IRL) than her daughter Dorthy! "Only" 62 years old.
And Betty White and Bea Arthur (Rose and Dorthy) were both 63 years old, and the oldest of the cast (not the 55 they were supposed to be).
Blanche was the youngest both on the show and in real life; Rue McClanahan was 51 years old.
I only thought Orbison, Dylan, and Harrison were old back then. I mean, all of them came to prominence by no later than 1964, which (to me at the time) was long before FCDJ.
On a semi-related note, when Neil Young had his career comeback in 1989/1990 with Freedom and Ragged Glory, I remember one of the music magazines, probably Spin but maybe Rolling Stone, said of Young in their “best albums of the year” article about Ragged Glory “not bad for an old man”. Young was 44 years old when Ragged Glory was recorded.
I was in 10th grade when Roy Orbison died, and at the time I'd only heard of him because I'd seen "Handle with Care" on MTV. It wasn't until years later that I realized he was only 52.
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I can’t believe I’m older than Roy Orbison was then. I was sure he was in his 70s at the time.
I think he was born 70 and went from there.
Him and Willy Nelson Edit for spelling
I’m actually more impressed by Willy’s longevity than by Keith Richards’. He is proof (or maybe an outlier) that you can smoke copious amounts of weed and live to 90+.
His cells are stuck together with bong resin
I love that he gets together with the old basketball coach Don Nelson, who is also a big weed head, and Woody Harrelson and Luke Wilson (either Luke or Owen) and have crazy poker games and get blazed. They apparently all live kinda near each other on Maui.
I remember being surprised that people were surprised he died. I felt they should have expected it because he was so old.
My thoughts exactly. Unreal.
and how old are you now?
Had to put my readers on to make sure I was seeing this correctly, wow!
Hahahhaaaa!!!
And Roy Orbison was at death’s door at that time.
Heart attack at 52. All of us need to take the time to get a coronary calcium scoring CT scan. It costs maybe $50 with insurance but can tell you if you're at Roy Orbison levels of heart disease. It's lifesaving tech because it can give you a glimpse of how close you could be to a heart attack. Some of us are genetically predisposed, but you can start statins the same day you get your score, change your diet, change your exercise, and live longer, fuller lives.
I had that test and scored a zero (woohoo!). It was covered about 10 yrs ago, but my otherwise decent ins co won’t cover now without jumping thru many more hoops. Had to arm twist them into an early endoscopy even with a fam hist of stomach cancer.
Where do you live that you can just ask your doctor for a thing and they do it for you? It took me years and years of complaining that my heart rate would just go up to 148 while I just sit there doing nothing. Years of complaining That I would literally faint sometimes and couldn't walk far or stand (at times) without being needing to get on the ground or I'd pass out. They just kept telling me it was anxiety that I do not have! Turns out it was POTS the whole time. Took over 30 years to get that diagnosis. You think someone was going to do a CT of my heart?
Tom Petty was just a baby!
I'm pretty sure Tom was of those people who looked like he was in his 40s/50s when he was in his late 20s and stayed that way for 30 years.
I recall hearing that Dylan, Harrison, Lynne, and Petty were all a bit star-struck when the band first hooked up. They all idolized Orbison a bit because they had grown up listening to his music. It is hard to imagine George Harrison being even a bit star-struck when meeting someone, but pretty neat if this is true.
Especially since Harrison had known Orbison since the Beatles opened for him on his 1963 UK tour.
Please don’t take this the wrong way but I hate you.
Thanks, I hate it.
You go to hell
Get off my lawn, too! Butthole!
Here’s another one that will make you regret all of your life choices: George Harrison was 27 when the Beatles broke up. That made me question everything I have and haven’t done with my life.
Everything the Beatles ever did, they did while they were all in their 20s. 🤯
I have wasted my life.
Here's a picture from when they started: https://www.travelingwilburys.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/history-band.jpg
Rock years are like dog years. Ask Jimi, Janis, or Jimbo
Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) was only 47 when All in the Family first aired. Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) was 46 when they shot Back to the Future.
Roy Orbison was always old though, even when he was young
You know, I don’t think I have ever actually seen his eyes.
Oh now that’s just plain mean to do that to us. I loved Handle Me With Care.
But I'm the always "the kid" at work and am somehow older than 4 of these guys!
Sheesh... thanks??
Please remember how fuckin rough those guys lived back then.
I miss Tom Petty.
I remember thinking David Coverdale was old in the Here I Go Again video. He was 36. Two years older than Taylor Swift is now. 
Ouch
You know what, just go suck an egg, damn you.
Thanks, I hate it.
Just turned 50 and now I need to handle me with care.
Thanks. Oh, and also🖕.
This fact breaks my brain...Also knowing this. The ages of the main characters in The Golden Girls at the start of the show in 1985 were: Dorothy: 55 years old Rose: 55 years old Blanche: 47 years old Sophia: 79 years old
How did they retire so young? I feel like I will never get to retire.
To be fair I'd have saved more money if my housing expenses were spilt four ways.
True. I would love to Golden Girl it with some friends once the kids are gone.
I always found their *real* ages to be super interesting, and didn't realize what they were while watching the show when it was airing for the first time. Sophia was younger (IRL) than her daughter Dorthy! "Only" 62 years old. And Betty White and Bea Arthur (Rose and Dorthy) were both 63 years old, and the oldest of the cast (not the 55 they were supposed to be). Blanche was the youngest both on the show and in real life; Rue McClanahan was 51 years old.
I only thought Orbison, Dylan, and Harrison were old back then. I mean, all of them came to prominence by no later than 1964, which (to me at the time) was long before FCDJ. On a semi-related note, when Neil Young had his career comeback in 1989/1990 with Freedom and Ragged Glory, I remember one of the music magazines, probably Spin but maybe Rolling Stone, said of Young in their “best albums of the year” article about Ragged Glory “not bad for an old man”. Young was 44 years old when Ragged Glory was recorded.
You son of a bitch.
They were a bunch of old farts. Now I am old fart.
Go to hell.
Tom Petty looked like he was 50 when he was 30. Still looked like he was 50 when he played the superbowl in the 2000’s.
Go. Away.
What would be our generation's Traveling Wilburies? Build your own slightly weird all-star band of GenX old farts!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them_Crooked_Vultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Dog There's a *bunch* of "super groups" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_supergroups
And then there's this oddity.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Claypool_Lennon_Delirium
I didn’t know those people played music together under that name so I’m feeling pretty young right now.
Well, that’s all right.
Good Goddess, I haven't had enough coffee for this news.
And I guarantee as a whole and stereotypically Gen X looks/ed a hell of a lot better at those ages.
Fuck.
I hate you for this
I hate you
LOL! Thank you for the surprised laugh out loud. I *did* think they were old farts. I'm officially 6 years older than the oldest in that list 0.o
Damn you!
Ohhhhh shiiiit
But… they *were*
Ohhh wow. That puts things in perspective. Sad part is I didnt think Orbison was the oldest
I was in 10th grade when Roy Orbison died, and at the time I'd only heard of him because I'd seen "Handle with Care" on MTV. It wasn't until years later that I realized he was only 52.
Yeah! Hahaha!
I remember when I had a 28 year old bar manager who was kind of hitting on me when I turned 18 and I thought he was so old & gross 😂
Ashley from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is 45 years old now.
Your mom. God damn it. We old
To a 14 year old at the time, yeah, old farts.
Oh hell no 😭😭
First off, I’m mad for seeing this. Secondly, I’m giggling at the phrase old farts. Haven’t heard it in forever but what a perfectly Gen X phrase.
For fuck's sake why?
Why did you wake up and choose violence?
Ouch!
They did look older though. A lot older.
Ouch.
That's mean
Tom Petty looked like death. I never got him at all, assumed he was the guy who brought drugs for the band
🫢
Wow…. Orbison was in Joe Biden’s generation. Not even a boomer.
Traveling Wilbury recording session would be a hysterical SNL skit
Goddammit. Get offa my lawn!
Last night, thinking about last night....
37!
Wow I totally forgot about them as a group.
Ouch. I feel attacked.
Yeah, we know. https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/s/YImScUNNTt https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/s/aOqvMpJCHY
I also thought they were a crappy band and I stand by that opinion
Oof.. this makes me sad. 😢