The Older I Get The Older the Music Gets

 

 

 

 

"I find that the older I get, the older the music I like." 

18 year old female

 

This post is inspired by a comment by a student.

 

I like that she is realizing that as she matures, her taste in music matures.

 

Matures in that she realizes that music that existed before she was born has some worth.

 

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Now for me, obviously the older I get the older the music I like gets because, well, I'm farther away from those oldies than I was when I was younger.

 

These days more and more I am finding that many of the young people I come in contact with have some "classics"/"oldies" that they like.

 

For many of them, these designations mean the music was either from before they were born or the music of someone older than them.

 

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Some times I worry that I am not able to sing recent hits word-for-word.

 

And then a song comes on the radio and I start singing along.

 

Somehow, I am picking up the songs and don't realize it.

 

That could be a scary thing, but for me I'm just glad that I am staying in touch with the music of today.

 

After all, as I get older so too will those songs.

 

I just hope that the songs that I happen to be learning and singing now evolve into new classics.

 

Otherwise I will know more useless, quality lacking songs.

 

Like the Billboards song.

 

Like "Hillbilly Will."

 

Like  ________________.

 

At least in my old age I will have lots of songs to sing for the

 

"Old Folks at Home."

 

 

 

*grin*

 

(In case you older readers were wondering, yes, the lyrics to this song have been edited to be politically correct. This is a trend in music today that I have mixed feelings about.)