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The Songs About Getting Older

""Hope I die before I get old," sang 21-year-old Roger Daltrey in 1965โ€”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 ironiesโ€”and the indignities and the gloriesโ€”of old age."

 

What are the songs that talk about getting older, looking back, etc?

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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Wheels by Kansas

 

 

https://youtu.be/KWt9dnzazGU

 

 

 

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I wish I were 18 again

 

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George Burns

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This one is really about WWII. But, it also describes getting older quite well.

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson; Heroes

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Other animals and humans have a lot in common. They grow old, too.

It's A Beautiful Day; White Bird

White Bird must fly.....

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Memory (from Cats) - Barbara Streisand (Elaine Page and Betty Buckley from the musical)

โ€œWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.โ€ - Jimi Hendrix
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16 Shades of Blue   Tori Amos

 

 

 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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At the risk of โ€œdatingโ€ myself......this Baby Boomer loves โ€œGrow older along with meโ€ by Mary Chapin Carpenter. So bittersweet! 

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The "Happy Birthday" song.  

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Cat Stevens; The Wind

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Barbara Striesand; The Way We Were

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Faith Hill; The Secret Of Life

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Rich Mullens; A Boy Like Me, A Man Like You

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Toby Keith; As Good As I Once Was

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Joe Tex  Buying  a Book

 

https://youtu.be/fU8JCzOKxKM

 

love the tempo of these songs : )

 

 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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This one's not so obvious:

Asia; Heat Of The Moment.

It actually compares imediate (Heat Of The Moment) events with long term effects/realities.

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                 Cry When You Get Older           Robyn

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@mp8908 wrote:

 

 

                 Cry When You Get Older           Robyn


Checked it out. Don't know what to make of it. Whether it's true or not is irrelevent. What I'm more interested in, is why people keep participating in something that doesn't really work. I would have at least not condemned any off-spring to that disaster. That's one can that shouldn't be kicked down the road. I sure wouldn't want that as my legacy.

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Old and in the Way ========== Old and in the Way

 

โ€... Gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away
They'll never care about you, call you old and in the way ...โ€

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Arrah and the Ferns "Life Lessons"

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Janna Kramer; I Got The Boy

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BJ Thomas; Mama

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Chris Christian; Love Them While We Can

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Cats in the Cradle ======= Harry Chapin

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Elton John; Please (let me grow old with you)

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Randy Stonehill; Turning 30

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My Generation

-- The Who

 

Hey, Nineteen

-- Steely Dan 

 

At Seventeen

-- Janis Ian

Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night!
-- Anna Kendrick
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The Story of My Old Man   Good Charlotte

 

Life's a Journey, not a Destination" Aerosmith
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Roy Clark; Yesterday When I Was Young

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I love that song.  Kind of a tear jerker for me.

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One Direction; Night Changes

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