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July 22, 2017

The Songs About Getting Older

  • July 22, 2017
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""Hope I die before I get old," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965—and 43 years later, he's still singing it. Rock 'n' roll has always been invested in a Byronic cult of blazing youth and beautiful corpses. But as tyros have turned into reunion-tour warhorses, rockers have had to come to terms with the ironies—and the indignities and the glories—of old age."

 

What are the songs that talk about getting older, looking back, etc?

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    February 7, 2025

    Looking Back: Nat King Cole

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    February 5, 2025

    Red Foley; Too Old To Cut The Mustard

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

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    February 4, 2025

    Teach Your Children: CSN&Y  (This post just may win the award for number of previous posts. I'd like to thank the Academy...)

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    January 2, 2025

    Old Rivers: Walter Brennan  (a song designed to make the listener tear up)

    BeatleloverKT
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    December 28, 2024

    Sixty years on, Sir Elton

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    December 28, 2024

    Eleanor Rigby: Beatles

    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    December 28, 2024

    "Hope I die before I get old," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965?  I guess he doesn't feel old yet. Some say age is just a number. But, it's more subjective than that. How old do YOU feel? Garth Brooks had a good take on it; Much Too Young To Feel This **bleep** Old:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIHWhUVxJh8

     

    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    December 28, 2024

    A good one is Bellamy Brothers, Old Hippie Trilogy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJt4v3agH0M

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    January 21, 2023

    All By Myself: Eric Carmen   (He took youth for granted; now learning that being  old and alone ain’t so great)