I guess I'm the resident old fart in this thread. I jumped on the topic "Forever Young" because I immediately thought of one of my favorite sappy songs of all time: Joan Baez's "Forever Young." Here are the lyrics for anyone under 55 who has never heard it:
May God bless and keep you always,
May your dreams always come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.
To me, this is an inspiring tune – physical age doesn't matter, it's your attitude and character that count. Staying forever young to me means trying to "build a ladder to the stars," your 'heart always being joyful' and being 'righteous,' 'true' and 'knowing the truth' (NOT the JW truth) no matter what.
Since I'm going to turn 50 in 4 months, I guess I'd better get busy following my own and Joan's advice!
Peace out
Forever Young -- Alphaville -- Former anthem -- How embarrasingly sad
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"BadAttitude"Ex-Bethelite
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VoidEater
Dear Bad: I'm catching up! You just stay there at 50, and give me a year or two...oh, wait a second...
80's music was something I was immersed in but never developed a passion for, until this past year. I've had to track down a few albums (like Alphaville) to fill a little bit of a void (no pun intended). My tastes range from impressionist to heavy metal, otherwise.
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BFD
Void, I'm right on your tail! No pun intended.
BFD
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NeonMadman
one of my favorite sappy songs of all time: Joan Baez's "Forever Young."
Joanie may have sung that one, but it's a Bob Dylan song through and through. Interestingly, he is said to have written it in celebration of the birth of his son Jakob, who is now the lead singer for the Wallflowers.
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"BadAttitude"Ex-Bethelite
NEONMADMAN:
Yes, Dylan wrote the lyrics. But Joan Baez' voice is so much more beautiful, and Dylan treated her so badly, that I prefer to spend my time and money on her version.
Trivia: The last time I saw her in concert, although her voice is beginning to fade a bit on the high notes, she's still a wonderful entertainer. She does a wonderful spot-on imitation of Dylan that had me ROTFL.
I'm almost done with my 60's and 70's music, but seem to be more into 40's and 50's music now than heading into the 80's. Maybe I'm getting "forever old!" -
Open mind
BFD said:
"Before I die I want to see you and your family out of the cult...."
Thanks BFD. From your lips to Dog's ears. Nothing would make me happier.
BadA,Ex-B said:
"physical age doesn't matter, it's your attitude and character that count. Staying forever young to me means trying to "build a ladder to the stars," your 'heart always being joyful' and being 'righteous,' 'true' and 'knowing the truth' (NOT the JW truth) no matter what."
Beautifully said. And let me be the first to wish you a VERY HAPPY 50th trip around our little star!
Hey VoidEater,
If you want to tap into a positively archival source for 80's music, send a PM to Leolaia. She almost knows as much about the 80's as she does about Biblical History.
Neon:
Poor Bob Dylan. He got 2 out of 3 in the Musician's Lottery. Great lyrics. Great music. Frog voice.
Still like the guy's music. Didn't know about treatin' Joan B. badly tho. Gonna have to look into that.
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avishai
Great song, great band, great album. So, no. I think you're fine. We all interpreted stuff weird then, don't let it ruin stuff you like.