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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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    October 8, 2018

    "My Way" by Sinatra. Ain't that the only way to live your live rather than trying to please everyone?

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    October 8, 2018
    the song by Clint Holmes: Playground in my Mind
    and
    Allen Shermon : Camp Kernada (not sure of spelling)
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    February 4, 2025

    Granada

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    October 8, 2018

    Yesterday When I Was Young  - Roy Clark

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    October 8, 2018

    When I Grow Up (To Be A Man): Beach Boys

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    October 8, 2018
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    October 8, 2018

    "Older ladies" by Donnalou Stevens. Very good

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    October 8, 2018

    "Cat's in the Cradle," by Harry Chapin.

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    October 8, 2018

    Jimmy Buffett"s "Growing Older But Not Up "   

    'Let those winds of time blow over my head..."

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    October 8, 2018

    Not ever a mainstream song, but really quite sweet: Simon and Garfunkel's "Old Friends". "Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy."

     

    Even more obscure: Jacues Brel's "Les Vieux" ("The Old Folks")

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    October 8, 2018

    "September Song"

    by Jimmy Durante. I think this the best version of this song.