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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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    Eric Burdon & The Animals; When I Was Young

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur30bn_3G58

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    Jul 10, 2021 11:08 PM UTC

    Jim Croce; Photographs & Memories

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSJgWLSb0R0

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    Jul 10, 2021 10:59 PM UTC

    Marmalade; Reflections Of My Life

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTeI65yrhGw

    BobH07
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    Jul 10, 2021 12:54 PM UTC

    W.O.L.D. :  Harry Chapin

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    Jul 5, 2021 1:25 AM UTC

    Wasted on the Way - CSN

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    Jul 4, 2021 10:26 PM UTC

    Phantom of the Paradise - Jessica Harper Old Souls

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4efmfbF_7Do

    Constantitan
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    Jul 4, 2021 8:42 PM UTC

    Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

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    Jun 29, 2021 2:58 AM UTC

    Hey, Nineteen  - Steely Dan

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    Jun 22, 2021 1:42 PM UTC

    John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cwS_db9DtY