Hope I Die Before I Get OLD!

[Vic2012]

.....Saw what you did there.

[adap2it]

.....Saw what you did there.

I thought it was brilliant!

[Sean]

I hope I get old before I DIE!

[Vic2012]

I hope I get old before I DIE!

Me too. I wanna live to ahunnert....

[rcarlberg]

I hope I get old before I DIE!

As someone who watched both parents die... it's not any fun getting so old that you're immobile or senile. Death comes as a relief at that point.

I sorta hope I stay young forever... Oops, too late!

[Trane]

My youngest grandson, who is 17, is a big fan of Twenty One Pilots. I find them almost bearable...

plenty (sort of) of rather good/tolerable rap... in homeopathic doses

Me too. I wanna live to ahunnert....

i just wan to stay alert

[Mr. Toad]

I won't mind growing old, I just don't want to become senile.

Gotta live it up now!

[Rarebird]

As long as I can compose, I don't want to decompose.

[adap2it]

As long as I can compose, I don't want to decompose.

On the subject of composing..The guy that was responsible for the words 'Hope I Die Before I get Old, Pete Townsend, was still in his teens when he wrote them. He is now age 71 and could make the list in the very near future. He now would have a very different position on the topic.

[Rarebird]

On the subject of composing..The guy that was responsible for the words 'Hope I Die Before I get Old, Pete Townsend, was still in his teens when he wrote them. He is now age 71 and could make the list in the very near future. He now would have a very different position on the topic.

I know that. It's the same with people who shouted in the past "Never thrust anyone over 30".

[progeezer]

I know that. It's the same with people who shouted in the past "Never thrust anyone over 30".

"Thrust" instead of "trust" wasn't a Freudian slip, was it, Renate?

[Rarebird]

"Thrust" instead of "trust" wasn't a Freudian slip, was it, Renate?

No, just a lack of English knowledge.

[adap2it]

No, just a lack of English knowledge.

It should have read "never trust anyone over 30 inches" or for our Euro friends, 75cm...

[Rarebird]

It should have read "never trust anyone over 30 inches" or for our Euro friends, 75cm...

I'm far above that.

[adap2it]

I'm far above that.

Well there ya go!

[rcarlberg]

It should have read "never trust anyone over 30 inches" or for our Euro friends, 75cm...

Depends on where you're measuring I suppose.

[JKL2000]

Thrust randomly into that good night...

[rcarlberg]

[Trane]

"Thrust" instead of "trust" wasn't a Freudian slip, was it, Renate?

maybe she's thrashing the trash too.

[Sunlight Caller]

You know that Tony Bennett is still touring and is playing in Jacksonville FL in Feb, only an hour from where i'm staying right now. 90 years old and still touring???

I was lucky enough to see Tony Bennett a couple of summers back, I stood a few yards from him (it was a standing venue in London, part of the iTunes festival that year) and was mesmerised by the beautiful vocal delivery and sublime ease with which he carried the audience. He ended with an a capella vocal, un-miked and you could hear a pin drop. A wonderful wonderful evening of music.

[adap2it]

I was lucky enough to see Tony Bennett a couple of summers back, I stood a few yards from him (it was a standing venue in London, part of the iTunes festival that year) and was mesmerised by the beautiful vocal delivery and sublime ease with which he carried the audience. He ended with an a capella vocal, un-miked and you could hear a pin drop. A wonderful wonderful evening of music.

Lucky you! Although the standing part seems odd for an old fart concert. However, it seems that PE members, at least some of us, can still appreciate the real thing thing when it comes to music of any genre.

[progeezer]

Kay & I saw Tony B. 3 times, & at one of the shows he brought out Diana Krall for a couple of tunes. Absolute magic!

Anytime I start thinking that I'm hot shit because I can still belt out rock songs at 72, listening to about 8 bars of Tony at 90 justifiably slaps me into reality.

[JKL2000]

My mom used to go see Tony Bennett in the 50s in little clubs in Miami. Because he was still pretty young and happy to have a following she said he was always really friendly to the regulars.

[Nijinsky Hind]

My youngest grandson, who is 17, is a big fan of Twenty One Pilots. I find them almost bearable...

listening to their entire Blurryface LP now... It's got the 'greatness' ticket I must say. It's F-in good.

[Baribrotzer]

I'm OLD...I believe the oldest on PE. I will be 77 this year and after 12 months of retirement, can say with authority that if you manage to stay healthy, it's not a lot different from your middle age years.

I've heard it said that mogrooves is somewhere in his eighties. With some of the things he's described having seen - Charlie Parker(?) - he'd have to be. But I've never met him, and I can't recall anyone else saying they've met him or know him. So I'm not sure whether it's true or just a rumor.