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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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    DarcyFarrow
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    Aug 25, 2020 6:10 PM UTC

    First Episode at Heinton (Elton John):  

    DarcyFarrow
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    Jul 12, 2020 3:20 PM UTC

    1985 (Bowling for Soup):

     

    "Her dreams went out the door
    When she turned twenty four"

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    Jul 11, 2020 4:35 PM UTC

    More of a folk singer, but Mike Cross has a song called Rock 'N Rye. It's about sitting in front of a fire & drinking a toast to the past, reflecting on people, places & past actions and hoping that the memories make you a better person today.  Mike Cross was a part of my teenage & early college years - fabulous story teller who could make you laugh, think and cry all in the same performance.

    DarcyFarrow
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    Jun 14, 2020 12:20 PM UTC

    Veronica (Elvis Costello)

    BobH07
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    Jul 3, 2020 1:01 PM UTC

    Hello Old Friend:  Eric Clapton

    BobH07
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    Jul 3, 2020 2:51 PM UTC

    Too Old To Rock n Roll, Too Young To Die:  Jethro Tull

    WebWiseWoman
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    Jun 13, 2020 11:56 PM UTC

    I tried to find video but none...

     

    • "When I'm 64"  - credited to Sir Paul McCartney

     

    #StaySafe

     

    #PrayforShay

     

     

    Done with this "new" and "improved"... kinda like dotard improved America...
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    Jun 13, 2020 11:44 PM UTC

    This one might not be thought of as about getting older, but it is.

    Puff The Magic Dragon -- Peter, Paul & Mary

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15pxWUXvLY

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    Jun 13, 2020 11:39 PM UTC
    DarcyFarrow
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    May 3, 2020 7:03 PM UTC

    "Tower of Song" (Leonard Cohen):

     

    Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
    I ache in the places where I used to play

    DarcyFarrow
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    May 2, 2020 5:21 AM UTC

    The Monkees "Shades of Gray"

     

    "When the world and I were young
    Just yesterday
    Life was such a simple game
    A child could play"

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    Sep 7, 2019 8:46 PM UTC

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: The Animals (see my daddy in bed he’s dyin’, see his hair been turning grey, he’s been working and slaving his life away).

    nyadrn
    nyadrnAuthor
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    Mar 29, 2020 12:38 AM UTC

     


    When I Was Older. Billie Eilish

     

     

    @1968Hoya46 wrote:

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: The Animals (see my daddy in bed he’s dyin’, see his hair been turning grey, he’s been working and slaving his life away).


     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
    BeatleloverKT
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    Mar 30, 2020 6:08 PM UTC

    Advice for the young at heart   Tears for Fears