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Jul 22, 2017 10:13 PM UTC

The Songs About Getting Older

""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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    Jan 23, 2018 8:12 PM UTC

    Barbara Striesand; The Way We Were

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    Jan 23, 2018 7:37 PM UTC

    Faith Hill; The Secret Of Life

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    Jan 23, 2018 6:15 PM UTC

    Rich Mullens; A Boy Like Me, A Man Like You

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    Jan 16, 2018 1:13 AM UTC

    Toby Keith; As Good As I Once Was

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    Jan 21, 2018 2:27 PM UTC

    Joe Tex  Buying  a Book

     

    https://youtu.be/fU8JCzOKxKM

     

    love the tempo of these songs : )

     

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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    Jan 14, 2018 3:00 PM UTC

    This one's not so obvious:

    Asia; Heat Of The Moment.

    It actually compares imediate (Heat Of The Moment) events with long term effects/realities.

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    Jan 14, 2018 11:57 PM UTC

     

     

                     Cry When You Get Older           Robyn

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    Jan 15, 2018 1:09 AM UTC

    @mp8908 wrote:

     

     

                     Cry When You Get Older           Robyn


    Checked it out. Don't know what to make of it. Whether it's true or not is irrelevent. What I'm more interested in, is why people keep participating in something that doesn't really work. I would have at least not condemned any off-spring to that disaster. That's one can that shouldn't be kicked down the road. I sure wouldn't want that as my legacy.

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    Jan 14, 2018 3:47 AM UTC

    Old and in the Way ========== Old and in the Way

     

    ”... Gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away
    They'll never care about you, call you old and in the way ...”

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    Jan 14, 2018 2:20 AM UTC

    Arrah and the Ferns "Life Lessons"

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    Jan 13, 2018 3:45 PM UTC

    Janna Kramer; I Got The Boy

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    Jan 13, 2018 2:44 AM UTC

    BJ Thomas; Mama

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    Jan 13, 2018 2:39 AM UTC

    Chris Christian; Love Them While We Can