Has Peter Gabriel ended up better than Genesis?

I don't like to judge,but it seems to me like singer/songwriter Peter Gabriel has ended up outdoing his former bandmates in Genesis.While that band had a final reunion tour that had absolutely no new album for songs,and where lead singer Phil Collins had to preform sitting in a wheelchair, Gabriel is coming out with a brand new album of original material that's already being called excellent.Also,his current tour as been given rave reviews and Gabriel is reported to be incredibly engaged and energetic for a man his age.It seems to me that he has outlasted his former collaborators!Your thoughts?

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LeopoldBloom · M

Ibrahim Ferrer and Compay Segundo were still performing well into their 80s. Elliott Carter released a symphony when he was 100. But Beethoven died at 57 and Schubert at 28. So there's no hard and fast rule. Considering how the Rolling Stones have behaved, it's amazing they're still alive. It makes you wonder if the sex and drugs reputation was an act and they didn't actually do anything.

DavidT8899 · 22-25, M

@LeopoldBloom Well,I know for a fact that Mick Jagger works out religiously.As far as Keith Richards goes,I know don't....he already looks like a zombie.

LeopoldBloom · M

@DavidT8899 Exercise is important at that age. It's why Biden is in much better shape than Trump.

I don't know how to explain Keith Richards. With the life he's led, he should have been dead decades ago. Good genes also helps. It's what keeps Trump going. I think both of his parents lived into their 90s in good health.

DavidT8899 · 22-25, M

Biden may be in better physical shape,but he is clearly mentally impaired.Thats not politics;it's a fact.I know,alot of people don't like Trump and it's true that the man can't keep his mouth shut,but that's an aspect of his over-the-top personality,not mental decline.Love him or hate him,any objective analysis has to acknowledge that he has remarkable stamina to go through what he has and still keep going.As far as Richards goes,there nothing much I could add to your analysis.

DavidT8899 · 22-25, M

@LeopoldBloom Actually,there's is something I could add about Richards.Have you ever considered the possiblity that is really IS a zombie?It would actually explain a lot .

LeopoldBloom · M

@DavidT8899 LOL he's not "mentally impaired" at all. You've been watching too much Tucker Carlson. Trump meanwhile has clearly deteriorated if you compare him to how he was decades ago. There's footage if you look it up. Biden was always the way he is now, even in the 1970s.

If Biden was mentally impaired, he wouldn't be able to respond with off-the-cuff remarks, like he did to the Republicans during the SOTU. Unless your theory is that it was all scripted and the Republicans are in on it.

DavidT8899 · 22-25, M

@LeopoldBloom Well,I think it's true that both Biden and Trump are too old to be ideal candidates.Whatever party you support,I think it would be better to get a younger person.

LeopoldBloom · M

@DavidT8899 Around 70% of Americans agree with you, that they're both too old. But both of them are leading their closest rivals by 30-40%. So people want younger candidates but are supporting those two anyway.

DavidT8899 · 22-25, M

@LeopoldBloom True enough.It doesn't make sense,but in a perverse sort of way,it actually does,if you get my meaning.

LeopoldBloom · M

@DavidT8899 Neither of them have any real competition. Biden certainly doesn't, but as the incumbent, he wouldn't face any serious challenger. Trump didn't in 2020. And Trump doesn't have any real competition either. If you saw the debate, none of those guys could fill in if Trump dropped out tomorrow. If that happened, Kemp, Youngkin, and Sununu would jump in. Those guys are waiting until 2028 when neither Trump nor Biden will be around.