Recent prog about getting old(er)

[rickawakeman]

It's inevitable as we bid adieu to our mispent youths. We will or are confronting the stark realities of getting old(er) so I appreciate when artists address these challenges in song.

From Gabriel's I/O- So Much:
"The body stiffens tires and aches
In its wrinkled blotchy skin
With each decade more camouflage
For the wild-eyed child within
Now close your eyes for a moment
Look down and look above
All the warmth inside of you
Comes from those you love

Ah, there’s so much to live for
So much left to give
This edition is limited
There’s only so much can be done".

"Playing for Time" from the same album seem to strike some similar notes about our dwindling time on this mortal coil.

Unitopia devoted the whole of their recent double disc "Seven Chambers" to the diseases that ravage us in our "golden" years including heart attacks and diabetes. Many of us can relate to the struggles as summarized by these lyrics:
"Say Goodbye to you, vitality… Will I live to fight another day, if I could keep this broken heart beating.”

Peter Hammill has quite a few latter-day songs that reflect our increased awareness/recognition of aging and inevitable demise.

Others?

[taliesin]

Much of Fish's Weltschmerz.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

Much of Fish's Weltschmerz.

Yeah, Garden Of Remembrance is a standout on there. The video brought me close to tears.

[Eddie Y]

Yes - Circle of Time

Nektar - The Other Side

[Czyszy]

I'm ~30 years old and the more I read posts by people 55+ over here on PE, the more I'm terrified of becoming a senior citizen.

[Mister Triscuits]

Peter Hammill has quite a few latter-day songs that reflect our increased awareness/recognition of aging and inevitable demise.

He's been doing that since he was "Pushing Thirty"!

[Drake]

It's inevitable as we bid adieu to our mispent youths. We will or are confronting the stark realities of getting old(er) so I appreciate when artists address these challenges in song.

From Gabriel's I/O- So Much:
"The body stiffens tires and aches
In its wrinkled blotchy skin
With each decade more camouflage
For the wild-eyed child within
Now close your eyes for a moment
Look down and look above
All the warmth inside of you
Comes from those you love

Ah, there’s so much to live for
So much left to give
This edition is limited
There’s only so much can be done".

"Playing for Time" from the same album seem to strike some similar notes about our dwindling time on this mortal coil.

Unitopia devoted the whole of their recent double disc "Seven Chambers" to the diseases that ravage us in our "golden" years including heart attacks and diabetes. Many of us can relate to the struggles as summarized by these lyrics:
"Say Goodbye to you, vitality… Will I live to fight another day, if I could keep this broken heart beating.”

Peter Hammill has quite a few latter-day songs that reflect our increased awareness/recognition of aging and inevitable demise.

Others?

As much as PG is one of my heroes I cannot say that I like those lyrics

[Steve983]

Big Big Train - most of the new album has themes about this.

[Dana5140]

'm ~30 years old and the more I read posts by people 55+ over here on PE, the more I'm terrified of becoming a senior citizen.

Just wait until you are 71!

[Eddie Y]

Gryphon - Christina's Song

[markwoll]

The Tangent Where Are They Now? and others

[Czyszy]

Just wait until you are 71!

Well, at that point all today's senior 70+ yo progressiveears users (the majority of active users) will be dead. Will progressiveears even be a thing anymore? It's right now for the most part a boomers' club, with very very few people under 60 who are active and not just popping in every once in a while to do some self promotion. The chance that new generations will keep this community going is deader than shit tbh.

[Mister Triscuits]

I'm ~30 years old and the more I read posts by people 55+ over here on PE, the more I'm terrified of becoming a senior citizen.

You should be terrified of not becoming a senior citizen.

[Dana5140]

Man, you are too serious for what I meant as an ironic funny post.

[Steve983]

Joni - The Circle Game.

[progmatist]

I'm ~30 years old and the more I read posts by people 55+ over here on PE, the more I'm terrified of becoming a senior citizen.

Who are you calling a "senior citizen?" I resemble that remark.

[Baribrotzer]

Quite a few years ago, I saw a version of Gong, in which Daevid Allen sang a song about how he was aging.
He sang lyrics about how every part of him was aging. This included a part of him - which was aging - that he took out on stage and let the whole room see, but which I just as well would have rather not seen at all.

[battema]

Sounds like the next David Gilmour album will largely address the theme of getting older.

[chalkpie]

Who are you calling a "senior citizen?" I resemble that remark.

I'm only 3 years shy of becoming a "senior citizen". I can't wait.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

I'm only 3 years shy of becoming a "senior citizen". I can't wait.

Fast food and Goodwill discounts await!

[soundsweird]

That Gong song (Bodilingus) is from their 2000 album Zero to Infinity.

I agree that those Peter Gabriel lyrics are not up to his past standards IMHO. That whole album just seems lacking in any originality or creativity to me.

[mozo-pg]

I'm only 3 years shy of becoming a "senior citizen". I can't wait.

Me too! Retirement will be a pleasure after a long grind in my profession!

[taliesin]

Me too! Retirement will be a pleasure after a long grind in my profession!

Beats the hell out of working.

[Czyszy]

Me too! Retirement will be a pleasure after a long grind in my profession!

Well, I'm a NEET right now so I see it differently. Still, getting old is way better than the opposite.
I mean this, not "getting younger":

[Crawford Glissadevil]

Haken- ""Eyes of Ebony" off of 2023's Fauna album.