Nothing wrong with eyeglasses on stage, when David Byrne had his Shurons on when singing Once In A Lifetime in Stop Making Sense it was a fanfare for the man who questions how the hell did I get here: the shotgun shack or uptown penthouse. It was a symbol of the middle age condition with success or failure and an attempt at redemption. It was more powerful than any of Bruce Springsteen's cod anthems to the working man.

My uncle was big into the 'Orrible Who of the 70s and I remember him telling me once how he would always go to see the Who on tour and then they didn't tour for like 18 months and then the shuffled on stage like old men and they had lost it completely in less than two years. Those who have seen them recently, all two of them, say they're pretty lousy now. My uncle did say they were years ahead of everyone in the early 70s with laser stage lighting.

Ultimately rock 'n roll has gone the way of the big bands, it's era is over and now what is left are the few big names, like Ellington and Armstrong, who are locked into regular touring to pay the bills. The big bands did tour harder though, they were on the road 50 weeks of the year.

What killed rock 'n roll? Similar to the suburbs and television that killed off the viability of the big bands - the rise of the home as a total entertainment unit and music becoming as abundant as tap water. Also that rock is actually just a stage act and all the rock n' roll excess, or at the other extreme, the pontificating do-gooder that is Bono is just a pose. The mystique and power of rock music and musicians is dead.

I saw them at Hyde Park last summer, must admit I didn't know what I'd think having seen them a few times in the 80s. Enjoyed it. Totally banging show but I'm a big fan of The Who. If he'd have came on stage dressed in a sack jacket and Repp tie he'd have looked a lot sadder TBF.

Good to hear they can still put it on, some still have it like Neil Young.