When people get older, it\u2019s common for them to really despise new music. However, this fussiness is only a nostalgic yearning for the music of one\u2019s youth. You come of age to certain records, and they stay with you. And music is full of sad songs about growing older. Because knowing there\u2019s an expiration date is probably the most human thing about our species. Your dog doesn\u2019t know it. But you do. We all do. But I also find many of these songs to be beautiful. Without joy, there\u2019d be nothing to miss losing. Neil Young, Pink Floyd, and Bob Seger each addressed aging in different ways. So check out these nostalgic rock songs, and if you have nothing but time on your hands, don\u2019t waste it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOld Man\u201d by Neil Young<\/p>\n
\u201cOld Man\u201d<\/a> was inspired by a caretaker of the Northern California ranch Neil Young purchased in 1971. Young was still in his mid-20s and already felt like he was running out of time: \u201cI\u2019ve been first and last \/ Look at how the time goes past.\u201d It\u2019s amazing to think of how much youth we waste on anxious energy. But Young\u2019s nostalgic rock songs carry with them the old wisdom of folk tales. More than 50 years later, \u201cOld Man\u201d and the rest of Harvest remain timeless.<\/p>\n \u201cTime\u201d by Pink Floyd<\/p>\n Few classic rock tunes put the fleeting years of existence in a more visceral way than Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cTime\u201d. The opening verse describes wasted hours and boredom. Next, you realize you\u2019re older, and urgency propels you into some action. But what? Soon, the years seem shorter, plans go unfulfilled, and then it\u2019s over. The dark side of the moon, indeed. At least while we\u2019re here, we can listen to David Gilmour play guitar<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAgainst The Wind\u201d by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band<\/p>\n Too bad we don\u2019t have the wisdom of age when we confront the mistakes of our past. But you don\u2019t get to the wise part without the blunders. Bob Seger\u2019s wistful tune laments his lost youth. He misses the ease of the old days. Now older, he must face the consequences of burning the candle at both ends. Still, he enjoyed its glow while it lasted. Seger\u2019s country rock track sounds easy, but his voice is sorrowful. And no one ad-libs an outro like Bob Seger.<\/p>\n Photo by Rob Verhorst\/Redferns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When people get older, it\u2019s common for them to really despise new music. However, this fussiness is only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":{"0":"post-252756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-classic-rock","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}