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OLD FOGEYS
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MEANDERTHAL MAN This song never gets old
But your conversation does.
“This song never gets old.”
I hear you telling the person
on your other side.
We’re listening to “Can’t You See”
and an old fogey
has to ruin it
with the standard old fogey complaint:
“This song is a classic.
Everything new sucks.
It’s all forgettable.”
I can remember a day
when even older fogeys
were making the same rip
on his favorite tunes.
I remember when Tom Petty
was a pedestrian rocker.
I remember when the Clash
and the Talking Heads were
called disposable by fogeys.
You are right about one thing.
This song may never get old
but you damn sure have.
In Defense Of Old Foggeys
There is no defense. Each generation descries the next as too outside norm to be valid and then, like rap and rock, darn it, it becomes validated and adopted world-wide. AC/DC fan at 68 - go figure. Oldfoggism: a dying philosophy. :D
Of course, I am working on a
Of course, I am working on a companion piece called Young Whippersnappers. They can be obnoxious in their own right, too.