The Songs About Getting Older

[nyadrn]

""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?

[nyadrn]

A Woman Half My Age   Kitty Wells  

( I love her )  her voice was made for these sad songs : )

https://youtu.be/Yoakfg4FkB0

[rc8149]

Kitty Wells was the Queen of Country Music... 

Thanks for that memory.  ( I went right to

YouTube to listen to her again)

How about one from  "the Boss"

Glory Days    by    Bruce Springsteen

We all remember 'those' days.................

[nyadrn]

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@rc8149 wrote:

Kitty Wells was the Queen of Country Music... 

Thanks for that memory.  ( I went right to

YouTube to listen to her again)

How about one from  "the Boss"

Glory Days    by    Bruce Springsteen

We all remember 'those' days.................

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I love lots of "old country"  : )    Yes  this is a good one!

[nyadrn]

Growing Older But Not Up    Jimmy Buffett

https://youtu.be/ken18v9fNpo

[rc8149]

That reminds me of a saying,  "I don't want to be a 'grown up',

Have you even seen grownups.  They have problems.  I don't

want to have problems".

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Now for the next choice song for the oldies .................................

It's Hip To Be Square    BY    Huey Lewis and the News........

( but  goodies, that we are)

[nyadrn]

All Things Must Pass   George Harrison

[rc8149]

Darkness    by    Leonald Cohen

Leonard passed away in Dec.2016.  He leaves behind many

songs that were copied  (or covered) by other artist.

His most popular song was "Hallelujah" to be coverd.

I have heard it many time on American Idol, The X Factor,

and The Voice.  It's on my top ten list of the greatest songs

I know.  Not an easy list to compile.....

RIP

[smetro]

Just latched on to "Darkness" myself fairly recently when listening to probably his last album.  Most famous song BEFORE "Hallelujah" was, perhaps, Suzanne.  Quite an artist who shall be missed!

[j753469r]

Glory Days- John Mellencamp

[ReTiReD51]

Touch of Grey … Grateful Dead, 1987

[Makara63]

When I saw this forum topic I laughed and my first response was "None!". But...

Landslide by Stevie Nicks

Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger

"so now sweet 16 turned 31, feel a little tired,  feel under the gun... 

Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin - but now at 53 the song really makes me sad more than enjoy it because of my own children, LOL

[patricia715]

Stevie Nicks - Landslide

[nyadrn]

Wouldn't It Be Nice   The Beach Boys

[2Papa]

"I'm Older Than a Boulder and Feel It in My Shoulder"!  by the Over the Hill Gang.

[eb5940]

Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle and Frank Sinatra's It Was a Very Good Year.

[guyintower]

This is a hard one to answer.  # 1 to me is Father and Son  by Cat Stewens, but a good #2 is My Old Friend by Eric Claption.  Enjoy the ride to older times everyone and keep on rocking.

[UpperHandsPiano]

Beatle's When I'm 64 is the classic!

Carol King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

I loved Sinatra's version of Young At Heart 🙂

[DeanaGold]

I love Young At Heart, sung by Jimmy Durante! 

Also loved Seems Like Old Times when Diane Keaton sang it in Annie Hall

[JWB193]

There's An Old Man In Our Town. Kenny Rogers

TwentyYears Ago. Kenny Rogers

Fast.  Luke Bryan

Watered Down. Trace Adkins

I Wish I Was 18 Again. George Burns

Last Time For Everything. Brad Paisley

Yesterday, When I Was Young. Roy Clark

[Morrene]

Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends from the Bookends album

Old friends
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
On the high shoes
Of the old friends

Old friends
Winter companions
The old men
Lost in their overcoats
Waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city
Sifting through trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends

Can you imagine us
Years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy

Old friends
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fear

Time it was
And what a time it was
It was . . .
A time of innocence
A time of confidences

Long ago . . . it must be . . .

And from Bob Seger's Against the Wind:

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you

[smetro]

As much as I LOVE Simon and Garfinkel, had forgotten "Old Friends!"  THANKS! - for a beautiful memory, which now, sadly, is closer to my own life than when I first heard the song...

[SKCodner]

When I was Seventeen (Sinatra)

The Best is Yet to Come (Sinatra)

Too Old to Cut the Mustard (Clooney & Dietrich)

Let's Hang on to What We Got (Frankie Valle & The Four Seasons)

Try to Remember (Nana Mouskouri)

Sunrise Sunset (Theme song for Fiddler on the Roof) 

[tsrcramer]

"Forever Young" - the Rod Stewart version. As you grow may you always stay young in mind an spirit.

May the good Lord be with you down every road you roam.
And may sunshine and happiness surround you when you're far from home.
And my you grow to be proud, dignified and true.
And do unto others as you'd have done to you.
Be courageous and be brave.
And in my heart you'll always stay

Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. Forever young

May good fortune be with you, may your guiding light be strong,
Build a stairway to heaven with a prince or a vagabond.
And may you never love in vain.
And in my heart you will remain

Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. Forever young

And when you fin'lly fly away, I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime, no one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you win or lose,

Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. (Forever young)
Forever young. Forever young
For forever young

Songwriters: CREGAN, JIM / DYLAN, BOB / HARLEY, STEVE / SAVIGAR, KEVIN

[PrairieGal2]

For decades, my favorite is "Hello In There," by John Prine. He's still gettin' around and singin' it!

"Hello In There"

We had an apartment in the city,
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,
A life of their own left us alone.
John and Linda live in Omaha,
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.

[Chorus:]
Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger,
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day.
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello."

Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more,
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
We worked together at the factory.
But what could I say if asks "What's new?"
"Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do."

[Chorus]

So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello."

[lilsassy]

One more - Through The Years by Kenny Rogers:

I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do

Through the years
You've never let me down
You turned my life around
The sweetest days I've found
I've found with you
Through the years
I've never been afraid
I've loved the life we've made
And I'm so glad I've stayed
Right here with you
Through the years

I can't remember what I used to do
Who I trusted whom, I listened to before
I swear you've taught me everything I know
Can't imagine needing someone so
But through the years it seems to me
I need you more and more

[lilsassy]

My absolutely favorite:  Beautiful in My Eyes by Joshua Kadison:

You're my peace of mind,
in this crazy world.
Your're everything I've tried to find,
your love is a pearl.

You're my Mona Lisa, you're my rainbow skies,
and my only prayer, is that you realize,
you'll always be beautiful, in my eyes.

The world will turn,
and the seasons will change.
And all the lessons we will learn,
will be beautiful and strange.

We'll have our fill of tears, our share of sighs.
My only prayer, is that you realize.
You'll always be beautiful, in my eyes.

You will always be, beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show,
that you will always grow,
evermore beautiful, in my eyes.

And there are lines upon my face,
from a lifetime of smiles.
But when the time comes to embrace.
for one long last while.

We can laugh about it, how time really flies.
We won't say goodbye, 'cause true-love never dies.
You'll always be beautiful, in my eyes.

You will always be, beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show,
that you will always grow,
evermore beautiful, in my eyes.

The passing years will show,
that you will always grow,
evermore beautiful, in my eyes.

If anyone would like to listen to this outstanding song, here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMNf7AOnd8

[RonandDeb]

Thank you so much for sharing the YouTube link.  I'd never heard this song before.  It truly is beautiful!

[lilsassy]

You are very welcome. : )

[rc8149]

4 + 20     by   Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

               This is off the 'Deja'  Vu   Album

               Note: I said album not  CD'

               Getting older and enjoying

               My albums.  🙂

               PEACE

[lilsassy]

I still have tons of albums, and a Dual turntable to play them on! : )