Help me make a cd about growing older

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Looking for suggestions for songs about getting older, changing friendships and responsibilities. much thanks.

― Wilhelm Cardillo (wgcjet), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

FLEETWOOD MAC "LANDSLIDE"

― grandfathered in (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:03 (nineteen years ago)

An obvious one: Jackson Browne-"Running On Empty"

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

tugboat "between scores"

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)

Help the Aged - Pulp

― douglas eklund (skolle), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

"When I Burn This Place Down" - Firewater.

It depends on what point in older you're speaking of. Perfect for depressing turning 30 mix.

― John Justen, Bataan death march of dimes. (johnjusten), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

I did one of these once! My favorite songs on it:

Cee-Lo "Gettin Grown"
Tom Waits "I Don't Want To Grow Up"
The White Stripes "We Are Gonna Be Friends"

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

"Landslide" was the very last song on mine, btw.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

Randy Newman-"Shame"

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

Whe I was Young - The Animals

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:21 (nineteen years ago)

Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Getting Older - The Clean

― Bill E (bill_e), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

the clean - getting older

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

dang xpost!

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

brian - getting meaner

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)

Absolutely do NOT include "Cats in The Cradle"

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

True Love - The Scavengers (tho' more on the changing friendships side of things)

― Bill E (bill_e), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

Harry Nilsson - Gotta Get Up

― lrsn (larssen), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

I swear there's at least one or two MF Doom songs about getting old but I can't remember.

― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

The Wrens: This Boy Is Exhausted

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 7 July 2006 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

Sir Douglas Quintet-Me and My Destiny

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 7 July 2006 01:05 (nineteen years ago)

Joe Tex - Be Kind To Old People

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Friday, 7 July 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

When I Grow Up To Be a Man by the Beach Boys

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 7 July 2006 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

Inspired by the Wowee Zowee thread, "Rattled by the Rush" by Pavement is a pretty good song about the fear of marriage, commitment, etc (at least in the chorus)

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Friday, 7 July 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

"Que Sera Sera"
"Dying," XTC
"Do You Remember Walter?" The Kinks
"Trying to Get to Heaven," Bob Dylan
"Old Man," Neil Young . . . for what it's worth, my ex-girlfriend told me that every guy she knew in college with an acoustic guitar wrote songs about "what the old wise man told him."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 7 July 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

Some country:

"Song for the Life," Rodney Crowell
"Wishing All These Old Things Were New," Merle Haggard
"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," George Jones
"All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)," Hank Williams Jr.
"Yesterday's Wine," Willie Nelson
"I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar," Johnny Cash

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 7 July 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

"I Don't Want to Grow Up," Tom Waits or the Ramones

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 7 July 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

"Bob Dylan's Dream"

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Friday, 7 July 2006 03:40 (nineteen years ago)

The Cure - "I Want To Be Old", "Primary", "Sinking", "Closedown",
"The Last Day Of Summer", "39"... and probably others I can't think of right now.

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 7 July 2006 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

the rapture - 'the pop song' ("you're growing older/ you're growing older")

― 6335 (6335), Friday, 7 July 2006 03:55 (nineteen years ago)

TISM - 40 Years - Then Death

― S- (sgh), Friday, 7 July 2006 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

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― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 7 July 2006 05:14 (nineteen years ago)

though actually, i have a real suggestion, and that is

baby huey's version of "a change is gonna come"

― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 7 July 2006 05:16 (nineteen years ago)

steely dan - "hey nineteen"

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 7 July 2006 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

nanci griffith - the wing and the wheel (live)

― Dr J Bowman (Dr J Bowman), Friday, 7 July 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

Take a little advice and stay away from the ol white train.

― Alicia Fucking Silverstone (sexyDancer), Friday, 7 July 2006 06:25 (nineteen years ago)

sparks - "the decline and fall of me"

― tiniestbee (tiniestbee), Friday, 7 July 2006 07:12 (nineteen years ago)

Grandaddy – 'OK With My Decay'

― Orange (Orange), Friday, 7 July 2006 07:40 (nineteen years ago)

They Might Be Giants - "Older"

You're older than you've ever been.
And now you're even older.
And now you're even older.
And now you're even older.

You're older than you've ever been.
And now you're even older.
And now you're older still.

TIME! Is marching on.
And time.. is still marching on.
This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner.
And now it's even sooner.
And now it's even sooner.
This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner.
And now it's even sooner.
And now it's sooner still.

etc.

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:13 (nineteen years ago)

Tiny Tim, This Is All I Ask
Randy Newman, Love Story
Harry Nilsson, Nobody Cares About the Railroad Anymore

and, of course:

Harry Nilsson, I'd Rather Be Dead

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:16 (nineteen years ago)

Lovin' Spoonful, Younger Generation
Lovin' Spoonful, Old Folks

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:18 (nineteen years ago)

Dusty Springfield - Goin Back

― leigh (leigh), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

I know, links are no fun, but here they are:
Help The Aged
Help the sellouts

― DAVE, for #1 Hits of yesterday and today! (dave225.3), Friday, 7 July 2006 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

Pete Townshend - "Slit Skirts"

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 7 July 2006 11:13 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - I love that Nanci Griffith song...

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 7 July 2006 11:22 (nineteen years ago)

One of the best ever:

Lee Hazlewood, My Autumn's Done Come

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 7 July 2006 11:24 (nineteen years ago)

"Death to Everyone" - Bonnie Prints Billie
"Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem
"Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks
"Goin' Blind" - Kiss (or Melvins)
"Has Been" - William Shatner
"Granny Grunt" - Royal Trux (you don't wanna know why...)
"Time Passages" - Al Stewart
"Old People" - Archie Bell and the Drells (absolutely fucking HORRIFYING)
"Rip Van Winkle" - Witch
"When I'm Sixty-Four" - Beatles

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Friday, 7 July 2006 12:52 (nineteen years ago)

my generation - the who
old and wise - alan parsons
old man - love
my death - jacques brel

― emekars (emekars), Friday, 7 July 2006 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

"Where Did My Spring Go ?" would be my suggestion by The Kinks

― george gosset (gegoss), Friday, 7 July 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

old man - love

Why is this about growing old?

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 7 July 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

slow education - silver jews

― marbles (marbles), Friday, 7 July 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

"Life's Been Good" - Joe Walsh
"New Age" - The Velvet Underground

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Friday, 7 July 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
Wife
And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?

― elgolfo (elgolfo), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

the clean - getting older

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

didn't XTC do this already with Skylarking?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

"Growing Old" - the Origin

― don weiner (don weiner), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

Robyn Hitchcock - The Speed of Things

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

Beach Boys-When I Grow Up To Be A Man

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Richie Havens "Younger Men Grow Older Everyday"

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

"Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, too Young to Die" - Jethro Tull (look I'm not recommending this shit, we're just taking a little tour of the calculus).

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

A couple by Les Savy Fav:
"Meet Me In The Dollar Bin"
"Fading Vibes"

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

"Here Comes a Regular" - The Replacements

― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

The Fall - Living Too Late
The Fall - Bill is Dead

― Alicia Fucking Silverstone (sexyDancer), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 8 July 2006 00:44 (nineteen years ago)

LAST SONG:

NURSING HOME BLUES - D.R.I.

I am an old man living alone
my family stuck me into this nursing home
i've lost all usefulness
i want to die

i want to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― John W. Smoke, Jr. (Uri Frendimein), Saturday, 8 July 2006 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

Simon and Garfunkel - April Come She Will
Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game

― Mordechai Shinefield (Mordy), Sunday, 9 July 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

some of my favorites:

"we are all getting old" by telex
an electro-disco dance track! about aging!

"there's no doubt" by the Proclaimers (the only good track off of their last record, imho)

it's obvious but I don't think anyone mentioned this one:
"what you waiting for" by Gwen Stefani ("tick tock tick tock tick tock...ad infinitum)

― robinn edgerton (edgertor), Monday, 10 July 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

Chuck Brodsky - The Point

― S- (sgh), Monday, 10 July 2006 10:51 (nineteen years ago)

boo radleys - barney and me / lazarus / etc
the beautiful south - when i'm 84
paul simon - still crazy after all these years

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 10 July 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade
I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched
I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Sit down" I stood up.

Ooh-ooh growin' up

The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first mate, she couldn't sail but she sure could sing,
I pushed B-52 and bombed 'em with the blues with my gear set stubborn on standing
I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school, never once gave thought to landing,
I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said "Come down" I threw up

Ooh-ooh growin' up

I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it's really hard to hold your breath.
I swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared, I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress
Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth but I got me a nice little place in the stars
And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car
I hid in the mother breast of the crowd but when they said "Pull down" I pulled up

Ooh-ooh growin' up

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 10 July 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

Sugar Mountain - Neil Young

― vacasmagras (vacasmagras), Monday, 10 July 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

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