The Grammys showed that, as a performer, Madonna is on one end and Prince, as we saw recently on SNL, is on the other.

JoshuaWho said:

The Grammys showed that, as a performer, Madonna is on one end and Prince, as we saw recently on SNL, is on the other.

Ugh. Please don't join the 'Dignity' grey boys and gals, will yer?
For all of Madonna's GENERAL lack of grace, we are talking musicians here. They don't retire (even Sinatra couldn't manage it) so they keep on working and they don't acknowledge aging because, frankly, WHO SHOULD?
There are three ages: Unborn, Born and Adult.

So freshen up, dye your hair and wear what you wore when you weren't a bore and let the grey boys and gals eat FLAB, Madge

I noticed that doyen of the 'He dyes his hair you know' comments-haunters Paul McCartney looked younger than last year and he, in particular, has made a habit of aging and de-aging since he had a big old man beard at 28!

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XSX said:

JoshuaWho said:

The Grammys showed that, as a performer, Madonna is on one end and Prince, as we saw recently on SNL, is on the other.

Ugh. Please don't join the 'Dignity' grey boys and gals, will yer?
For all of Madonna's GENERAL lack of grace, we are talking musicians here. They don't retire (even Sinatra couldn't manage it) so they keep on working and they don't acknowledge aging because, frankly, WHO SHOULD?
There are three ages: Unborn, Born and Adult.

So freshen up, dye your hair and wear what you wore when you weren't a bore and let the grey boys and gals eat FLAB, Madge

I noticed that doyen of the 'He dyes his hair you know' comments-haunters Paul McCartney looked younger than last year and he, in particular, has made a habit of aging and de-aging since he had a big old man beard at 28!

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My observation is musical and performance based. If Madonna looked like Barbara Bush but could still deliver a performance on par with her soft porn dance act of the 80s, I might be half way impressed. Lets face it - she isnt a musician (or a singer, for that matter) and can never lay any claim to that so she is hardly in the same category of her other 80s veteran contemporaries like Prince and U2. The sign that Father Time had definitely caught her dusty ass some years ago was evidenced in that lame performance on the Grammy stage. SHe was the old broad who worked in the gym to keep defined legs that could only look good at this point. THe 80 dancers she had on stage with her did all the work. She is officially a washed up show girl who can no longer do what made her famous. Prince, on the other hand, probably cant do the splits, jump off pianos, and slide down the fireman's pole anymore but he doesnt have to. This is because Prince has always been about the craft - the music. He can fill the house just standing at center stage with a guitar and some of those platform flip flops. He delivers as well as he ever has as an entertainer - it is just in a different way. This is a testament to the depth and range of his genius. Say what you will about the material that he has produced since the 80s heyday but from a musical performance standpoint, he has only gotten better over time. Thus aging ever so gracefully.

Prefer people who grow old disgracefully meself. Don't want Prince to end up a Lionel Richie /Smokey Robinson type, appearing on tv talent shows and being oh-so-very-nice.

Prince appears a few times a year on TV shows already (including American Idol in 2006), but I think he's too batshit-crazy and immersed in woo to come across as oh-so-very-nice.