Skip to main content
nyadrn
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 22, 2017

The Songs About Getting Older

  • July 22, 2017
  • 416 replies
  • 148193 views

""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?

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    416 replies

    Contributor ⭐
    October 20, 2017

    I play the piano at my church and one of my favorites is "When We All Get To Heaven"

    nyadrn
    nyadrnAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    October 20, 2017

    Old and Crazy.  Bruno Mars

     

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
    Contributor ⭐
    October 20, 2017
    My fave is "Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" by Joe South
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    October 21, 2017

    Oh, this is a great song. I only heard it a couple of times then totally forgot about it. I remembered the other Joe South songs, but totally forgot about this one. Didn't realize how much I missed it, until now. Thanks for the post.

    sunrisephoenix
    Contributor ⭐
    October 20, 2017

    When I'm 64

    sunrisephoenix
    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017
    Since most of my friends are already 64+, we change it to 84.
    nyadrn
    nyadrnAuthor
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    October 21, 2017

    @sunrisephoenix wrote:
    Since most of my friends are already 64+, we change it to 84.

    Hahahahaha. Good one!  

     

     

    Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017

    The  Song that fits me exactly is....Sinatra's "It was a Very Good year"

    Contributor ⭐⭐⭐
    October 21, 2017

    Wouldn't It Be Nice (if we were older) the Beach Boys

     

    Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

     

    A Pirate Looks at Forty - Jimmy Buffett

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017

    Can't go wrong with Frankie Valli tunes. 

    Contributor ⭐⭐
    October 21, 2017

    beatles - mccartney "when i's 64"

    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017

    Randy Travis' Forever and Ever Amen.   Alan Jackson's Remember When

    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017

    A VERY old song: "Silver Threads Among the Gold".

    Contributor ⭐
    October 21, 2017

    Like a rock - Bob Seeger