Songs about growing old !

[Jesse Joe]

YouTube - Old Man Song ---- Murray McLauchlan

[Jesse Joe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWovzUEe4l8

[Jesse Joe]

Glen Campbell wrote this one, and sings it on his 'Wichita Lineman' Album.



http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/glen_campbell/fate_of_man.html

[charlene]

John Prine- Hello In There
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVkhQJ7vYes

Bette Midler's version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0YqNvBvy4

[RM]

Are there any songs about old women ?

[jj]

Are there any songs about old women ?

one of the more interesting covers (vocal/fiddle) of this Prine anthem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlcP3FOTM0U

[jj]

speaking of anthems:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJf4J7VBaY

'...i ache in the places that i used to play...." (does that qualify?:cool:)

[RM]

one of the more interesting covers (vocal/fiddle) of this Prine anthem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlcP3FOTM0U

Angel From Montgomery......Geez, I sit here red-faced........embarrassed that I forgot about that one.

Tower Of Song.......it qualifies......Hank Williams coughed up a "yes".

[jj]

Hank Williams coughed up a "yes".

all that's missing from this vocal is the coughing that should go with that voice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k1BA9PgdPk

(in that 5th verse: the 'on my hive' line never made any sense to me)

[RM]

Here's another song from Cohen that may require further review to see if it qualifies..........

"she's a hundred, but she's wearing something tight"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrPEM2qc-j8

[fezo]

Pancho and Lefty. YouTube - Emmylou Harris : Pancho & Lefty (1977)

[jj]

Here's another song from Cohen that may require further review to see if it qualifies..........

"she's a hundred, but she's wearing something tight"


i could see this coming, you picked out the line with the strongest imagery

not sure of the meaning (aren't all of his about dying, or maybe that's just his vocal tone) but seems like him paralleling a bar winding down with a relationship or world or perhaps life doing the same

great old (i mean young) ELH footage, fezo

ok, this one has to qualify...and i put up this guy's rendition just cos i've stumbled on his whacky stuff a few times over the years and need to share it (he keeps getting shut down on youtube)...the Petty teeth are worth the wait if you can make it past 0:40


Stevie Ricks - The End Of The Line (Parody) Video by Ohnothimagen - MySpace Video (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=40066572)

[Jesse Joe]

"His tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street
A dozen faces stopped to stare but no one stopped to speak."


"Up a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way
His ragged coat around him as upon his cot he lay
And he wondered how it happened that he ended up this way."



YouTube - Gordon Lightfoot / Home From The Forest

[jj]

might as well add, APPT

[Jesse Joe]

jj or anyone else can you find "Dirty Old Man", it was recorded by Valdy, John Allan Cameron, as Im sure many others. It's one of the best old man song I have heard, but cant find a video for it.

[Jesse Joe]

might as well add, APPT


might as well ! lol



http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/gordon_lightfoot/a_painter_passing_through.html

[jj]

only see DOM by Neil Young...i dont know the tune, i dont even own any Neil for some reason but i do have a book by his late dad

well, this longie one takes me back to grade school and a lot of memorization work!...it has to count as a 'song' cos it's got that word in the title

Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZLxZI44FM&feature=related

[Jesse Joe]

Same here, and the Neil Young song is a different one, that John Allan Cameron recorded.

[podunklander]

Are there any songs about old women ?

if there is...my name's probably in it :p

[Jesse Joe]

Dirty Old Man, was written by Bob Ruzicka !

http://www.peace.ca/bobruzicka.htm

[fezo]

And after reading Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock you can go read The Love Song of J Edgar Hoover by Kinky Friedman. I haven't read it but what a title!

[RM]

well, this longie one takes me back to grade school and a lot of memorization work!...it has to count as a 'song' cos it's got that word in the title

Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZLxZI44FM&feature=related

Apparently, our educational systems are quite different. I was simply taught that 'Life's a b**ch, and then you die'. Same thing....only less poetic.

[fezo]

Nice timing in here. After a couple of folks mention John Prine songs who just announces he's coming to the area but the man himself. February 20 in Red Bank. Excellent. Just scored two front row.

[Germany76]

Are there any songs about old women ?

The lines from ´Tower of Song`that JJ quoted came to my mind at once,as I listened to the London Live Album on my car radio the other day ; but how about ... You can tell from the lines on her face, you can see that she´s been there...(Phil Collins Another Day in Paradise ).
Hope I remember the lyrics right, as I´m not the most ardent fan of P.C.

[Jesse Joe]

"Another Day In Paradise"

This is one great song... The sad reality of poverty !

YouTube - another day in paradise

[Jesse Joe]

Hurt / Johnny Cash !


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=PlayList&p=75C49F71B848734C&index=0&playnext=1

[Jesse Joe]

YouTube - George Burns - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again

[joveski]

Veronica - Elvis Costello

[Jesse Joe]

Veronica - Elvis Costello


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k4ZXzhwCkM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnONypuF10

[Jim Nasium]

The late GREAT Lonnie Donegan, the man who launched a millon 3 chord guitar strummers


YouTube - Lonnie Donegan - My Old Man's a Dustman

[fezo]

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group! Ya gotta love that. I can still remember wearing out Does Your Chewing gum Lose its Flavor.....

[Jesse Joe]

"Big Iron Horses" by Restless Heart (they're back together)

"Love Me" by Collin Raye (smash hit - super sweet)

"I'll Wait For You" by Joe Nichols




'Love Me' by Collin Raye is a very beautiful song, almost like a Lightfoot tune.



YouTube - Big Iron Horses


YouTube - Love Me

Click on the title in yellow to play this one.

YouTube - Joe Nichols - I'll Wait For You

[Jesse Joe]

Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group! Ya gotta love that. I can still remember wearing out Does Your Chewing gum Lose its Flavor.....




YouTube - Lonnie Donegan-Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It´s Flauvour-1971

[Jesse Joe]

Your very welcome MistyMoppens. :)