Makes me feel old

I'm only in my 30s, but people sure do have a way of making me feel as though I'm a thousand years old.

I noticed not too long after I graduated from high school in the late 1980s that songs I grew up listening to in the 80s were being called "classics" by local radio stations. This started happening only about five years after 1989.

A local station that used to play hit songs from the 70s, 80s, and 90s eventually dumped the 70s and changed their tag in commercials to "playing the hits of the 80s, 90s, and today."

Today, in a blog page at madonnalicious.com, someone wrote in about her (or his?) experience seeing Man-donna at Roseland Ballroom, and here's what she wrote:

A DJ wearing rhinestone headphones takes the stage and gets the crowd moving with retro hits like 'Raspberry Beret,' 'Don't You Want Me Baby' and 'Billie Jean,'

"Retro?"

Oh my gosh, the 1980s were not that long ago.

He's writing about "Raspberry Beret" and "Don't You Want Me Baby" the way I might about "Purple People Eater," "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Can't Get No Satisfaction."

LOL! I know! I love me some 70s and 80s music. And, what's really surprising, is that some folks actually consider some early to mid 90s music "oldies" too!

I guess if it's been more than 10 years since it dominated the radio, then it's an oldie!

I was skimming through a heavy metal music magazine at the store today, and someone referred to Guns N Roses (and a few other 80s bands) as "ancient."

Reminds me of an old Vanilla Ice interview where he made some kind of comment about Madonna having a "great body even though she is 35 years old."

Now that Vanilla Ice is in his late 30s or early 40s, I wonder what he thinks of that comment now?

When you're a teen or in your 20s, 35+ can seem very old, but once you get to 35, you realize it's not.

Wanna Feel Old blog

A few samples from their blog:

A Savage Fact [Savage Garden pop duo]

Savage Garden haven’t released any new material in ten years

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A Brain... and an Athlete... and a Basket Case...

[The Breakfast Club movie, released in the 1980s, was about a group of high school teens who get detention]

Ah, The Breakfast Club. A defining moment in film history.

Right. Shall I depress you with how old the actors are now?

* Judd Nelson - 49
* Molly Ringwald -41
* Emilio Estevez - 46
* Anthony Michael Hall - 40
* Ally Sheedy - 46

… and if Paul Gleason, the teacher in charge, was still alive, he’d be 70 years old.

Sincerely Yours… The Breakfast Club

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A lot of you have been emailing me...
… that Kurt Cobain killed himself 15 years ago this week.

Except one person, who emails: “15 years ago, kurt cobain was shot dead in his house”. Oh, you crazy conspiracy theorists. Why can’t you feel old like the rest of us?!

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Oh boy [Quantum Leap TV show]

Quantum Leap’s first episode aired twenty years ago. There have been no new episodes for fifteen years.

Also, it was *set* in the year 1999. That’s right, Quantum Leap was set ten years ago. How science has failed us.

Wow, I used to watch Quantum Leap as a kid. A lot of things these days make me feel old.

This post has been edited by Mihoshi Marie on Apr 8 2009, 07:46 AM

When I see clubs having Retro 80s nights. You know what else? My 25th year reunion is in June.

I felt old when I saw that my 10th (tenth) HS reunion was being announced, so don't feel bad

What I found annoying was that the 1980s were being dubbed "retro" and 1980s pop songs were being referred to as "golden oldies" only by around the mid or late 1990s.

One thing that made me feel slightly old:
back in the early or mid 1990s, I used to watch the teen, night-time soap/drama called 90210.

(I did not like the show but I watched it. Part of the reason I watched it is precisely because I hated it, which sounds odd, I know.)

The part that makes me feel old about this "90210" business is that a 'sequel' version of this show started a few months ago.

They have a new cast of teens playing new characters, and the original cast members are now depicting 30 - 40- somethings who work as doctors and such.

Seeing pop stars who were in their 20s or 30s who I used to listen to when I was a teen turn age 50+ or 60+ makes me feel a little old.

It's bizarre to see them as they are now, eg., balding, with beer guts, wrinkles, etc.., when in my mind's eye, I still see them as they were in magazines and posters on my bed room wall when I was a teen, with a full head of hair, trim physiques, etc.