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?

[KristiW221704]

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]

Veronica (Elvis Costello)

[BobH07]

Hello Old Friend:  Eric Clapton

[BobH07]

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

[WebWiseWoman]

I tried to find video but none...

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

#StaySafe

#PrayforShay

[dl73698250]

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

[dl73698250]

Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sTHoeH0eA

[DarcyFarrow]

"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]

The Monkees "Shades of Gray"

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

[1968Hoya46]

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]

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).

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[BeatleloverKT]

Advice for the young at heart   Tears for Fears

[MaVolta]

Time Passages  -  Al Stewart

[BobH07]

W.O.L.D:  Harry Chapin

I got a spot on the top of my head begging for a new toupe.

[BobH07]

Old Man:  Neil Young

[BobH07]

Old Man Down The Road:  John Fogerty

[BobH07]

Through The Years:  Kenny Rogers

[BobH07]

The Circle Game:  Joni Mitchell

[BobH07]

All My Life's A Circle:  Harry Chapin

[BobH07]

Living Years:  Mike & Mechanics

[BobH07]

Old Man River:  Temptations ( From the "In A Mellow Mood" album)

[cesarmuniz]

How about "I wish I was 18 Again" By George Burns

[1968Hoya46]

Fly Like An Eagle: Steve Miller aband

[1968Hoya46]

The Old Lamplighter: The Browns

[MarybethG691589]

Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum

[lm4070]

Old Folks Boogie by Little Feat

[1968Hoya46]

Funny How Time Slips Away-  Joe Hinton, Willie Nelson & many others.

[ip3285]

The Old Gray Mare - attributed to Stephen Foster but might not be his original.

[1968Hoya46]

Wait For Me-   The Playmates (I’ll grow up just as fast as I can).

[MaVolta]

But I feel I'm growing older
And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance
Like the sound
Of a windmill going round
Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune

Soldier of Fortune - Deep Purple