That song brings me back so much - I was sitting in an apartment in Edmonton when CJSR played this song. I was not quite an adult, but being a teenage runaway I felt as if I was one. The song became a bit of an anthem in my social group.
A few years later the song was reborn, playing on Much Music and regular radio, and I was an adult, but I felt far less grown up, and the song took on a total different meaning.
It was at that point I understood the song.
Now I am in my mid 30’s and the song still resonates in my memory.
Hey, I remember The Guess Who records when they were brand new! I still have them, too. Anyway, just you wait. It gets worse. Soon you’ll be able to remember things that happened 30 years ago, and 40 years ago. It’s scary!
I just turned 47. My new slogan is (old Jewish man voice) “Hey you kids, get off my lawn! ya rat bastards…”
This song/video plays a strong role in the Toronto Famous People and Places game (which is usually limited to B-list celebrities when it’s not early September).
Whenever I pass by the parking lot that the video was filmed in, I remark to my companion (whoever it happens to be that day) about its famous video history.
Nobody has been impressed, so far; I don’t think any of them have ever heard of the song. That makes me feel old, although smugly superior. I guess it is a milestone in one’s life when common knowledge turns into obscure retro-trivia knowledge.
(Once my friend topped it: he knew the parking lot because he saw Chick Corea play in the club beside it. He won that round of the TFP&P game.)
And, seeing Moe Berg himself strolling through the Annex/Little Italy (which happens with reasonable frequency if you spend a lot of time there) and looking, well, old - that makes me feel old too. But we can be cool and old at the same time, no?
HA! You call that feeling old? Try being a temp and having multiple bosses, and multiple layers of bosses, younger than you. Younger than some of my clothes, in some cases (I’m thinking of my Blue Rodeo “Outskirts” t-shirt, which should probably have been thrown away years ago, but reminds me of a kinder, gentler time, when going to a concert was a huge deal. )
“Well, I don’t hate my parents
I don’t get drunk just to spite them
I’ve got my own reasons to drink now
Think I’ll call my dad up and invite him”
I’m listening to ‘She ain’t pretty’ right now. The sad thing is I see that the song ‘The things I do for money’ is 18 fucking years old. Interesting… Am I upset that I am getting old, or am I upset because the meanings of the songs “The Things I do for money” and “I’m an adult now” have changed as I get older.
It makes me wish that my father hadn’t quit drinking. Just to clarify he is in his 70’s with the spectre of diabetes hanging over him (even though he is in better shape than I am). He isn’t an alcoholic.
Damn straight. I am 38 and I really don’t feel too much differnt than when I was 22. Except that I don’t want to do drugs to stay up all night like I used to. However, I still wish that I never had to sleep - like I did back then.
I have enjoyed reading through this thread and seeing two things. One, just about everyone feels the same way about getting older and… Two, I am glad that the TPOH isn’t entirely unknown. Although, it does seem that the majority of people who saw the song title in the thread are Canadians.
Now just to clarify, that song - I’m an adult now - still rocks right? It isn’t the equivilant of the music that was 20 years old when I was growing up, is it? I mean, music in the 1960’s, for the most part was like the Dave Matthews Band - it didn’t rock. Right?
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