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If the majority of punters don't notice bad tuning and mistakes, I guess we don't need to rehearse or practise anymore.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1496308816' post='3310346'] Getting serious for a moment, and picking up on a couple of comments about being one age while 'thinking' much younger, something really has changed. I'm 60 (but 17 inside) and I have pretty clear memories of my parents and grandparents back in the 60s and 70s, plus of course people like teachers and neighbours and shop assistants etc. When they hit 40 my parents were definitely "middle aged" with all the accompanying cliches. They were already going out of shape physically at depressing speed, their minds were travelling in some pretty deep grooves (I'm trying not to call them ruts), they dressed and acted like their own parents, they were increasingly concerned about behaving in an appropriate manner. My grandparents were in their 60s by my earliest clear memories of them and they were, inevitably, even more so. In his mid-60s my grandfather (after whom I'm named, and who lived in the flat above us) was, quite simply, old. He dressed and moved like an old man, talked like an old man, and already had - at least metaphorically - one foot in the grave. I was amazed that he made it through to 76. Like I say, something has changed. Maybe it's medicine, or lifestyle, or attitude, or everything, but in every way that matters I have a more youthful outlook at 60 than my Dad had at 40. I'm in better shape physically, more flexible and open-minded in attitude, and I still barely think of myself as being even middle-aged, let alone getting old. My parents were unusual people for their time; they were considered to be forward-thinking and perhaps even a bit risque. If I then think about the people the same age as my parents - teachers, neighbours, shop assistants, etc. - it just gets much worse. At one level I find myself thinking - like so many others - where did it all go. But at another level I more often find myself thinking "Gone? Who says it's gone?". [/quote]I've [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]read and heard on the radio recently that up to two thirds of [/color][color=#6A6A6A][b]babies born[/b][/color][color=#545454] in the last year – more than half a million newborns – could live until they are 100.[/color][/font][/size]

I can clearly remember my first day at school aged 4[size=2], [/size] [size=2][size=4]and I can even remember who I sat next to in the class on that day, I'm now 65 and retired, and I can't remember what I did last week! [/size][/size]

I was 15 when it was released, and although it was certainly "different" and the production was great, it was probably my least favourite Beatles album.

And did he get some girlies up on stage to sing the chorus?

I appreciate that we all have different tastes, and that's great, but for me, I found tonight's show totally underwhelming.

Well I've just got home from the rehearsal and we were tuned half-a-step down from the off and the singer sounded fine, and he didn't appear to be struggling too much, but because the guitarists weren't willing to tune down a whole step, he then asked if we could try them in higher keys, and quite honestly, it sounded awful. We are not actually an AC/DC tribute band, but we do want to play quite a bit of their material, but personally, I would rather not play them at all than play them in keys that just don't sound right.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1495358047' post='3303146'] This is the problem when you are an enthusiastic fan and know every note of every song, when you hear a cover band that makes changes, it can be painful. [/quote]Exactly, that's my fear. Well I'm off to rehearsal now so I will find out soon.