Yeah, that was a damn good post. It's something I remind myself of pretty regularly, but I'm pretty fortunate in that I'm not super prone to looking backward by nature. It's one thing that has always befuddled me about the American character, the desperate clinging to youth. The plastic surgery, the drugs, emotional immaturity. It also manifests in the whole things were better back in my day but I also walked uphill both ways to school in the snow nonsense. I guess its self importance, I dunno. I prefer to embrace where I am at any given moment/age than pine away for a past I am misremembering anyway.
When G'nR hit the scene in the 80's, it was awesome. Their entire being was basically just waving two middle fingers to anyone possible. Was a pretty solid fan up through the early 00's. Then this whole cash grab "reunion" happened. Bloated old nonsense profiting of peoples nostalgia, with absolutely nothing new to say. Dude who once sang yesterdays got nothing for me, well buddy, it has a back catalog you can restock your empty bank account with. Nauseating.