(Am I going to) Keep On Listening To You

Have you realized how much random stuff is at Wal-Mart??? It's the "go-to" place for anything. You could be grocery shopping while your child gets a haircut. You can go play a demo of Guitar Hero while your tires get changed. AND 10-year-olds can get Classic Rock band t-shirts for $6.88 (or whatever kind of crazy price Wal-Mart can put on it). I'll come back to this later...
REO Speedwagon has just announced a new tour with the bands Styx and .38 Special. REO and Styx (on a collaborative effort) just released a single called "Can't Stop Rockin'." But why did they make this decision? Well, let's face it: REO and Styx just pulled a Brett Favre. They retired, said "Just kidding", and decided to come back and play because they thought they were missing out on something. Before you know it, they'll retire again. And they'll still think that they can totally rock out at whatever age they're at... But essentially, these bands are just keeping up with the times. A new G N' R record, a new Def Leppard record, and a new Journey record have all been released to some (somewhat) hype. REO and Styx just believe they can follow suit right? Well that depends... Do they have t-shirts at Wal-Mart?
Kids. They have this idea that when you listen to classic rock, you're way more cooler than all the other kids around. But it's not the classic rock that is cool to them. It's the idea of classic rock that is appealing. When 57-year-old Frederick comes up to 7-year-old Billy and tells him "Hey, Zeppelin rocks!", Billy is gonna feel like the bomb. Kids know what to like because A) Wal-Mart makes nifty little displays that show you exactly which band is on each shirt, and B) they turn to VH1 and have Bret Michaels tell them what the best songs and bands of all time are. And we all know how fantastic of a leader Bret Michaels is (and, I suppose, what kind of taste in music he has). :(
REO could use a little help too... Keyboards are not the most popular of instruments in this day. And they're pretty much doomed since they don't have a shirt at Wal-Mart. Point is, they're going to have to get pretty lucky if they want to start playing for real this time. Enjoy. :)