Walkmen-My Old Man; Neil Young-Old Man; Beatles-Old Brown Shoe

Old is the sterilized smell of a hospital, where behind every curtain lies people reduced to afflictions. Avert your eyes! There's sickness in there. Old is reliance: on people, on medication, on everything but yourself. Old is a back that barks with the alarm clock in the morning. Old is jumping two stairs at a time and losing your breath after eight.

Old is a nursing home. Blank stares and bingo during the day; zombies and zealots at night. 1945 is yesterday, and today never happened. Old is all doubles and no singles. Creak up to the net for a flimsy forehand volley. Best out of five becomes one set and a tall glass of Lipton.

Old is the muscle-bound spray-tanned guy on television casually mentioning that his sex drive is better than it was at twenty. Leather-faced blonde in one arm, bottle of pills in the other.

Old is, "Things were so much better in my day!" Who would say a thing like that? Don't you want it to still be your day?




The rhythm section in this song is most certainly the greatest thing ever. NEVER gets old.



"It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you." OUCH.



Massively underrated Beatles tune. Good god that bass.