Although it's a peppy little ditty, it's depressing.

I would add:

"Dignified and Old" by the Modern Lovers

John Prine's "Hello in There"
Sy Khan's "Aragon Mill"

Elvis was before my time. Don't Be Cruel is one of his best, imo. Elvis was the king of rock and roll.

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Originally posted by Fidel:
"I Wish They All could be California Girls" and "Little Deuce Coup", great stuff for sure.

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Originally posted by bagkitty:
At what point does Geezerdom officially kick in?

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Oh the fire never dies.

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I can appreciate music from any era. Bobby Darrin was it in his day with "Mack the Knife."

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Bobby Darin's a poseur.

Tracks:

1. I Won't Last a Day Without You
2. Wonder' Where It's Gonna End
3. Sail Away
4. Another Song on My Mind
5. Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)
6. Blue Monday
7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
8. Letter
9. If I Were a Carpenter
10. Moritat [From Three Penny Opera]

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
I've never understood the Bobby Darin mystique.

The guy only ever had about three genuine hits, and two of them were cover versions.

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I hear ya, M. I found two of those originals on Youtube today:

Kurt Gerron singing Mckie Messer from the original 1930 recording of Die Dreigroschenoper

Charles Trenet singing La Mer

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He certainly got more airplay on MOR stations than "The Pelvis" did.

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Percy Faith - Theme From "A Summer Place".

In the 60s I heard this tune on the radio more than all songs by Elvis and Bobby Darin put together.

Same with this one, by Hugo Winterhalter, Lisbon Antigua by .Nelson Riddle and Les Baxter's The Poor People of Paris.

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Bagkitty has a great question

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pleeeeeze, when does geezerdom set in....

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Originally posted by Bookish Agrarian:
I like to say I have now reached the age where the only thing reliably stiff in the morning is my back. (BA original line- must be credited)

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Last winter we went skating on the backyard rink. I set up the squawkbox to play a cassette that his older borther and I used to listen to while playing hockey in the basement back before this guy was born.

Anyway, we were OK with Jughead's Hockey Song and Jonathan Richman's Walter Johnson, but as soon as the Ramones' Spiderman started playing the little guy went indoors.

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Originally posted by M. Spector:
Not all that original.

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