Rock'n'roll grandads Task There are no clues for this activity. You will see 10 sentences from the article. In each case, choose the sentence which has the same meaning. Default Default Default Many critics ... chose it as their favourite of the year. 1 A lot of people who write about music said the record was for them the best of 2005 A lot of people who write about music said the record was the biggest seller of 2005 A lot of people who write about music said the record was the best Rolling Stones have made Mick Jagger ... Keith Richards and the other musicians are all well into their 60s ... 3 The Rolling Stones started in the 1960s The Rolling Stones were born in the 1960s The Rolling Stones are aged over 60 Madonna ... is regarded as being an exciting contemporary artist 3 Madonna does paintings and sculptures Madonna works in films and music and other artistic areas Many people think Madonna is still making great music Even a former terror like John Lydon ... still makes records. 2 John Lydon used to be a terrorist John Lydon used to be terrifying John Lydon used to be a punk Many groups or singers make one or two good records when they are in their early 20's, then disappear, or carry on making less interesting records. 1 The creative life of most groups is quite limited Only young people can make pop music Groups always make two good records then become boring The Rolling Stones ... are still much more famous for the songs they made in the 1960's and 70's than for their more recent recordings. 3 The new Rolling Stones song are their best The old Rolling Stones songs are better People remember the old songs more than the new ones Many of these rock'n'roll grandads are really still living off the past. 1 A lot of older rock and pop singers are famous because of what they did 20 or 30 years ago A lot of singers still think its the 1960s A lot of singers are now grandparents This phenomenon is not limited to the west 1 This doesn't only happen in Europe and the USA This only happens in Europe and the USA This doesn't happen in Asia Now pop and rock music have been around for 50 years, people who started listening to it when they were young are now old. 1 Rock and pop's audience is getting older Older people are now bored of listening to the same music for so long Pop and rock is now an outdated music form Will anybody still be listening to Blue or Britney Spears when they're in their sixties? 3 The writer suggests that no-one will be listening to them The writer suggests that everyone will still be listening to them The writer doesn't know, but suspects nobody will be listening to them http://c1364652.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/assets_green.swf