I think I want to adopt these guys! Old people are pretty cute.
Heres some blurb about the Zimmers posted on you tube:
www.myspace.com/thezimmersband
The oldest and greatest rock band in the world - meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who's "My Generation".
Lead singer Alf is 90 - it's quite something when he sings "I hope I die before I get old". And he's not the oldest - there are 99 and 100-year-olds in the band!
The Zimmers will feature in a BBC TV documentary being aired in May 2007. Documentary-maker Tim Samuels has been all over Britain recruiting isolated and lonely old people - those who can't leave their flats or who are stuck in rubbish care homes.
The finale of the show is this group of lonely old people coming together to stick it back to the society that's cast them aside - by forming a rock troupe and trying to storm into the pop charts.
Some massive names from the pop world have thrown their weight behind The Zimmers... The song is produced by Mike Hedges (U2, Dido, Cure), the video shot by Geoff Wonfor (Band Aid, Beatles Anthology), and it was recorded in the legendary Beatles studio 2 at Abbey Road.
Look out for the single being released from May 21 - with proceeds going to a good cause.
And check out more photos and info at:www.myspace.com/thezimmersband
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I have the hugest smile on my face. I adore the video. Alf rocks!!!!
ReplyDeleteNothing like a bunch of geezers rocking out. I hope that I can still be having some kind of happy times when I'm that age.
ReplyDeleteI emnailed some of my loved ones this video, how they loved it. Thank You!
ReplyDeleteI've missed your posts. You always have something great to write. Hope that you are okay and enjoying life.
ReplyDelete"I think I want to adopt these guys! Old people are pretty cute."
ReplyDeleteLmao - quote of the week! Made me smile anyway.
I hope you're well today and have a Happy Monday!
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They're great. Love the video. Is that a Rabbi who's giving me the finger?
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was just complaining about getting old---I needed to see this today!
Thank you
Can't wait to send it to some of those I love included in this generation!
LOL old people are so flippin cute I loved this :)
ReplyDeleteAge is a state of mind. I'm going to be a goofy old biddy if at all possible.
ReplyDeleteI just got a copy of Thich Nhat Hanh's "True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart" from your suggestion on my blog. On Amazon.com I read that this was a good primer to some of his other works. I'll let you know how I like it. Thank you so much for the suggestion. I love reading :)
Hope all your work and studies are going well. I think you mentioned you had quite a lot going on this month.
~Judith
Thanks for the laugh this morning...
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Steve
fab, old people are often so overlooked & underestimated. Good luck nextwek
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