Whip out the Geritol

When I was, oh, about 11 years old, I was really into The Monkees. You know, the manufactured pop group that starred in a TV show of the same name from 1965-1970.

Why did I dig The Monkees, you ask? Two reasons:

1. I couldn't watch You Can't Do That On Television ... or Ren and Stimpy ... or any of the other TV shows my friends watched.
2. I was totally into Davy Jones. I thought he was sooo cute. Hey, I was a kid. Cut me a break.

This year, he turns 60. And he looks pretty bad, as seen in the following then/now pics:


Okay, the third picture is the Davy Jones mask, which I thought was kind of creepy, so I included it for kekeke value.

It's actually really depressing, knowing the people who grace CD covers and TV screens get old, too. I guess in my mind they'll always be in a time warp. Tom Cruise (now 43) will always be Mr. Risky Business. Dee Snider (now 50 years old) will always be pre-PMRC. And Madonna (who'll be 47 on Tuesday) will always be pointy-boobed.

So how old are some other musicians? Let's give it a whirl. (Oh, I'm testing out a new script here. Let me know if the mouseover works like it's supposed to.) Not all of these people are old by my standards, so don't give me the "that's not old!" lecture. I just think it's interesting ...

• Cher ... 59
  
• James Hetfield ... 42
  
• Gene Simmons ... almost 56
• Serj Tankian (Soad) ... almost 38 (did you know he's from Beirut?)
• Rob Zombie ... 39
  
• Alice Cooper ... 57
• Michael Jackson ... almost 47
  
• Tori Amos ... almost 42
  
• Dexter Holland (The Offspring) ... 39
  
• Elton John ... 58
• Lil' Kim ... 30
  
• Ozzy Osbourne ... 56
  
• Mick Jagger ... 62
• Keith Richards ... 61
• Britney Spears ... 23
• Dave Matthews ... 38
  
• Tracy Chapman ... 41
• Adam Duritz ... 41
  

I left out all the obscure musicians I really dig. I'll save that for another post. :-)