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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 11, 2018 1:15 AM UTC

    Cats in the Cradle ======= Harry Chapin

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    Jan 8, 2018 6:29 PM UTC

    Elton John; Please (let me grow old with you)

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    Jan 6, 2018 11:33 AM UTC

    Randy Stonehill; Turning 30

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    Jan 6, 2018 12:51 PM UTC

     

     

    My Generation

    -- The Who

     

    Hey, Nineteen

    -- Steely Dan 

     

    At Seventeen

    -- Janis Ian

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    Jan 6, 2018 1:14 PM UTC

    The Story of My Old Man   Good Charlotte

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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    Dec 16, 2017 4:13 PM UTC

    Roy Clark; Yesterday When I Was Young

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    Dec 17, 2017 6:29 PM UTC

    I love that song.  Kind of a tear jerker for me.

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    Dec 14, 2017 3:40 AM UTC

    One Direction; Night Changes

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    Dec 21, 2017 11:03 PM UTC

     

    Sia Alive

     

    "The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical." Julius Erving
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    Dec 11, 2017 4:35 AM UTC

    Vitamin C; Graduation

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    Dec 11, 2017 1:20 AM UTC

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

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    Dec 9, 2017 5:46 PM UTC

     

    Forever Young - Rod Stewart (Duet with his daughter Ruby)

     

    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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    Dec 10, 2017 1:40 AM UTC

    A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young  Eric Church

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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    George Harrison   All Those Years Ago

     

    "The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical." Julius Erving
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    Dec 1, 2017 4:41 PM UTC

    Kenny Chesney; There Goes My Life

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    Dec 1, 2017 11:49 PM UTC

    The Older I Get.  Alan Jackson

     

     

     

     

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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    Dec 2, 2017 10:23 AM UTC

    My Old Kentucky Home    Steven Foster

     

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith