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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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    Dec 3, 2020 3:04 PM UTC

    Old Folks Boggie by Little Feat "You know you are over the hill when your mind makes a promise your body can't fill"

    DarcyFarrow
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    Dec 1, 2020 2:16 PM UTC

    Elderly Woman Behind a Counter in a Small Town (Pearl Jam)

    nahchoo
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    Dec 1, 2020 11:32 AM UTC

    It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.
    DarcyFarrow
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    Nov 26, 2020 5:38 PM UTC

    Sugar Mountain (Neil Young)

     

    "You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain"

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    Nov 15, 2020 3:42 AM UTC

    Mama Sang A Song: Bill Anderson; Stan Kenton, others.

    DarcyFarrow
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    Nov 15, 2020 2:34 AM UTC

    On Saturday Afternoons in 1963 (Rickie Lee Jones)

    DarcyFarrow
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    Nov 14, 2020 3:10 PM UTC

    Baby Hold On (Dixie Chicks)

     

    "Hey, it might never be the same
    We might never live those days gone by
    But we can try"

    DarcyFarrow
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    Oct 11, 2020 12:48 AM UTC

    A Little Soon to Say (Jackson Browne):

     

    "I didn't find much wisdom
    When time was on my side
    Too little information
    Too much time to decide
    I took a couple of wrong turns
    It only takes you one
    To send you down a lifetime
    Of wondering what you might have done"
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    Oct 11, 2020 5:53 AM UTC

    Yesterday's Memories - the Voices Of Doo Wop

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    Oct 16, 2020 5:04 PM UTC

    Pizza Pie: Norman Fox & The Rob Roys (His entire life, from dating to marrying to having children to making his funeral arrangements, has been chronicled and defined by his love of pizza. Probably a Sicilian).

    DarcyFarrow
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    Oct 9, 2020 4:20 AM UTC

    Old Folks (John Denver)

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    Oct 9, 2020 6:25 AM UTC

    In My Younger Days - the Monarchs

    DarcyFarrow
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    Oct 6, 2020 7:43 PM UTC

    50,000 (Sting)

     

    "These lines of stress, one bloodshot eye
    The unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost
    Where did I put my spectacle case?
    I'm half blind and as deaf as any post"

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    Oct 7, 2020 6:09 AM UTC

    Yesterday's Memories - the Mellows