Too Old to Rock and Roll?

Touchofgray16
Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
edited June 2008 in The Porch
So, tomorrow is my 50th birthday and I'm still loving PJ as much as I did when I was in my mid-thirties. I know there are others older than me...I saw you this past week at MSG. Made me feel good knowing I wasn't the only one.
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"Chirp"
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  • bernmodi
    bernmodi Posts: 631
    Happy Birthday! and keep on rocking - no reason to stop at any age.
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Hope you have a happy birthday! Good to see that PJ has a large cross-section of fans out there :)
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Keep on rockin' in the rest home ...
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • sagapo1
    sagapo1 Posts: 186
    No such thing. How can you be too old to love music?
    I'm 37, at every Pearl Jam show, I swear, every show, next to me is an older fan. And I'm so glad.
    Don't ever stop doing what you love.
    "Cynics are simply disappointed idealists" - George Carlin
    Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol

  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    There are others......I will be 50 in November. MSG had lots of people our age.
    ~!~ Peace ~!~ Love ~!~ Pearl Jam ~!~
  • In My Dreams
    In My Dreams Posts: 299
    Hey, Happy Birthday! Every year is a mile stone, be proud, enjoy!

    I never understood the attitudes of people that seem to think that once a person reaches a certain age, their taste in music should change. WTF? What kind of music should "older" people like? I emphasized "older" because this started when I was 30.
    A real possibility I may meet you in my dreams ~ I go to sleep
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    In My Dreams wrote:
    Hey, Happy Birthday! Every year is a mile stone, be proud, enjoy!

    I never understood the attitudes of people that seem to think that once a person reaches a certain age, their taste in music should change. WTF? What kind of music should "older" people like? I emphasized "older" because this started when I was 30.

    I don't tell my friends anymore that I go to concerts b/c two of them have told me that concerts are for kids.

    And Happy Birthday to the original poster! I'm not young anymore either. What are we supposed to listen to, Barbara Streisand? The only problem I had recently is that I get tired when I dance. Then, if we take a break and sit at the pearl jam concert, it gets reported on this message board. Also, a man sitting by my husband told him that my husband was the real fan, that I wasn't, after I sat down once!
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  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    iluvcats wrote:
    I don't tell my friends anymore that I go to concerts b/c two of them have told me that concerts are for kids.

    And Happy Birthday to the original poster! I'm not young anymore either. What are we supposed to listen to, Barbara Streisand? The only problem I had recently is that I get tired when I dance. Then, if we take a break and sit at the pearl jam concert, it gets reported on this message board. Also, a man sitting by my husband told him that my husband was the real fan, that I wasn't, after I sat down once!
    I have programmed myself to sit right up until the first song and then not again until the encore breaks. As soon as Ed grabs his book, I sit.
    ~!~ Peace ~!~ Love ~!~ Pearl Jam ~!~
  • My Corduroy Jacket
    My Corduroy Jacket Austin, TX Posts: 571
    Touchofgray16 wrote:
    So, tomorrow is my 50th birthday and I'm still loving PJ as much as I did when I was in my mid-thirties. I know there are others older than me...I saw you this past week at MSG. Made me feel good knowing I wasn't the only one.

    No worries. Happy Birthday and keep rocking to the band we love! You'd be doing a disservice to yourself by not.
    Austin, TX
  • Jimmydean55
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,572
    Age is just a number, not a state of mind.

    Unless of course, you're a pedophile, haha....
  • DP13
    DP13 Posts: 282
    PJ_Lukin wrote:
    I have programmed myself to sit right up until the first song and then not again until the encore breaks. As soon as Ed grabs his book, I sit.

    Classic.
  • PJaddicted
    PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Happy Birthday.....just in from Hartford....rocked out and had a blast....I have 18 months until my 50th! I'm not quiting until Pearl Jam does!

    oxc
    ~*LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH*~

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  • culot4
    culot4 Posts: 775
    Maybe they'll start kicking you guys some AARP prices for tickets soon. Throw in a free dinner buffet at 4 pm or some shit after you drive to the show with your turn signal on the entire way.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • catwoman
    catwoman Posts: 256
    culot4 wrote:
    Maybe they'll start kicking you guys some AARP prices for tickets soon. Throw in a free dinner buffet at 4 pm or some shit after you drive to the show with your turn signal on the entire way.

    Hahaha. I'll take that senior citizen discount on the ticket!
  • catwoman
    catwoman Posts: 256
    And happy birthday Touchofgray16!
  • Touchofgray16
    Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    culot4 wrote:
    Maybe they'll start kicking you guys some AARP prices for tickets soon. Throw in a free dinner buffet at 4 pm or some shit after you drive to the show with your turn signal on the entire way.

    Ha !!! I already gave up on driving, so you don't have to worry about me on the road.
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    "Chirp"
  • Kosuke Fukudome
    Kosuke Fukudome Posts: 197
    Touchofgray16 has rocked for a long, long time,
    Now it's time for him to pass the torch.
    He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels,
    He has soared on the wings of a demon.

    It's time to pass the torch,
    You're too old to rock, no more rockin' for you.
    We're takin' you to a home,
    But we will sing a song about you.

    And we will make sure that you're very well taken care of.
    You'll tell us secrets that you've learned. Woah!
    Your sauce will mix with ours,
    And we'll make a good goulash baby.
    Touchofgray16, time to go!
    You must give your cape and scepter to me.
    And a smaller one for KG.
    Go! Go! Touchofgray16! Touchofgray16!
    Horry Kow!
  • In My Dreams
    In My Dreams Posts: 299
    iluvcats wrote:
    The only problem I had recently is that I get tired when I dance. Then, if we take a break and sit at the pearl jam concert, it gets reported on this message board. Also, a man sitting by my husband told him that my husband was the real fan, that I wasn't, after I sat down once!
    Again, WTF? Geez, in high school I would sit down if I got tired. What's it to anyone else? I'm fairly short and if I cannot see the band through all the tall people in front of me, then I might as well take a break during the slower songs.

    iluvcats, you and I need box seats! ;) With champagne! :D
    A real possibility I may meet you in my dreams ~ I go to sleep
  • The Akkus
    The Akkus Posts: 1,095
    Happy Birthday!
    Im 29, i saw age ranges from 6-65 at MSG and the whole time thinkin
    'this is such a beautiful thing"
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  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    Hey man - I'm 44, and last night through the miracle of good karma I scored fanclub seats with a couple of the finest gentlemen I've met on the road ... and they had a good few years on me ;)

    An inspiration, they were :)

    Happy Bday!

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