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Aug 25, 2026 7:27 PM UTC

Songs of Getting Older

 

I looked this topic up and the thread was closed to replies. I thought to reinstate the thread and might have a chance for posting on a new thread with this new board. 

Any song about being old, getting old or youth is wasted (lol). Have fun!

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    1968Hoya46
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    Aug 29, 2026 9:59 PM UTC

    Those Were The Days: Mary Hopkin

      BobH07
      BobH07
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      Aug 29, 2026 7:11 PM UTC

      Dirty Life and Times:  Warren Zevon

        BobH07
        BobH07
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        Aug 29, 2026 7:05 PM UTC

        Keep Me In Your Heart:  Warren Zevon

          1968Hoya46
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          Aug 29, 2026 5:15 PM UTC

          Not Dark Yet: Dylan (Confronting and accepting the final stages of one’s life)

            BobH07
            BobH07
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            Aug 29, 2026 3:00 PM UTC

            There Was A Life:  Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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              VexedAuthor
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              Aug 29, 2026 1:11 PM UTC

              A Hazy Shade Of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel

               

              When this song came out in my youth, I didn’t think the lyrics were about getting older. As I got older, I do believe it can be interpreted that way.

                SereneSeagull
                SereneSeagull
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                Aug 29, 2026 1:45 PM UTC

                As I’ve gotten older, I notice I pay more attention to song lyrics, whereas in youth, not so much.  Maybe quality coming out of radio or record/tape wasn’t as clear as sound quality now, idk, but wished I had paid closer attention to some of them years ago…instead of the beat or the mood.

                ~~ Per Jimmy Buffett 🫧🫧 Bubbles Up!
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                  VexedAuthor
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                  Aug 29, 2026 1:54 PM UTC

                  I agree. Lyrics mean much more today. So many things mean more today than in our youth.

                    Kathymheeney6
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                    Aug 29, 2026 2:49 AM UTC

                    Landslide by Fleetwood Mac 

                      SereneSeagull
                      SereneSeagull
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                      Aug 29, 2026 11:51 AM UTC

                      Hi, great song!

                      ~~ Per Jimmy Buffett 🫧🫧 Bubbles Up!
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                      VexedAuthor
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                      Aug 29, 2026 12:09 AM UTC

                      Old Folks Boogie - Little Feat


                      (And you know that you're over the hill
                      When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill)

                       

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHcGkGdiEHc

                        1968Hoya46
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                        Aug 28, 2026 11:11 PM UTC

                        Darling Be Home Soon: Spoonful  (And now a quarter of my life is almost past/I think I’ve come to see myself at last/And I see that the time spent confused/Was the time that I spent without you)   As he gets older he’s becoming more mature, more self-reflective; a healthy side of the growing older process.

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                          LesL269823
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                          Aug 28, 2026 7:17 PM UTC

                          I don’t know much of his Catalog, without using AI, but seems Willie Nelson would have something,

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