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nyadrn
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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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    Contributor ⭐
    Oct 22, 2017 1:58 AM UTC

    Joe Walsh:  Life's Been Good to Me (so far!)

    LaneyD
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    Oct 22, 2017 1:40 AM UTC

    Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy

    LaneyOfLimerick
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    Oct 21, 2017 10:42 PM UTC

    Old Man-Neil Young

    Contributor ⭐⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 10:06 PM UTC

    When I'm 64.

    Contributor ⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 9:05 PM UTC

    The Long and Winding Road - Beatles

    Contributor ⭐⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 10:01 PM UTC

    When I'm 64.

    Contributor ⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 5:43 PM UTC

    I did it MY WAY    Frank Sinatra  and Elvis

    Contributor ⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 5:42 PM UTC

    Through the Years    Kenny Rogers

    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 5:05 PM UTC

    Classics IV; Traces (Souveniers of times together)

    Marty Robbins; Amoung My Souveniers

    Marty Robbins; Some Memories Just Won't Die

    Jim Croce; Photographs & Memories

    Rose Garden; Long Time (not sure about this one. Just empty, spent time)

    Motherlode; When I Die

    Rascal Flatts; When the Sands Run Out

    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 4:11 PM UTC

    Gordon Lightfoot; Circle Of Steel (...that's how it goes)

    Lulu; To Sir With Love (...from crayons to perfume)

    Blur; To The End (What happened to us? Soon it will be gone forever.  ....to the end)

    Ozzy Osborne; Dreamer

    Garth Brooks; Too Toung To Feel This Old

    Les Cowboys Fringants; Toune d'Automne (Forgive me. I have no idea what this song is about. All I know is that it's a Tune Of Autumn (of life?). Maybe somebody can translate it for me. I love the music.)

     

    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    Oct 21, 2017 3:43 PM UTC

    Elton John; Circle Of Life.