I turn the big Half-Century today


What music did you listen to when YOU turned fifty?
I'm gonna start with the Stones' Flashpoint, then maybe the Schubert D960 Sonata, Faure's Requiem (gulp!), and maybe that in-your-face chamber Carmina Burana out of Sweden a few years ago.
Any other suggestions? And please, I don't need Krall breathing in my ear...I'll let Ellen do the honors.
Cheers.
Ernie
subaruguru
I turned 50 2 weeks ago on the 15th.No looking back musically,however.Michel Camilo "Triangulo"
Robben Ford Vinnie Coliuta Jimmy Haslip
"Jing Chi"
Happy Birthhday!
You are officially a geezer.
tracer
I'll turn 50 20 years from now. I think that I would be listening same progressive and avant-flavoured music as I listen now. Maybe it will evolve somehow from now and I'm damn sure I'll be posted!
Well, there's always Eva Cassidy. But, I continue to recommend the Stone Coyotes, a small rock and roll family band fronted by a 50-something singer/songwriter (Barbara Keith, her husband Doug Tibbles and his grown son). Church of the Falling Rain, Situation Out of Control, and their latest, Born to Howl (4 1/2 stars with a check at allmusic.com). All should be available at Amazon, or you can order from the band at stonecoyotes.com I think.

Paul
I enjoyed playing songs reminiscent of my youth, i.e., high school and college years, e.g., Beach Boys classics and "hell-icopter music" (Vietnam War-era rock, a la Apocalypse Now, like Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky). Dug it then, dig it now.
Congratulations, Subaruguru !

Here is my musical list covering the topics of time, birthdays, and the state of mind from seeing 50 years on this planet pass by.

"Wow" Kate Bush ( Lionheart )

"Old Man" Neil Young ( Harvest )

"Don't Give Up" Peter Gabriel ( So )

"Birthday" The Beatles ( White album )

"Nick of Time" Bonnie Raitt ( Nick of Time )

"I Won't Grow Up" Rickie Lee Jones ( Pop Pop )

"I Knew You When" Linda Rondstant ( Get Closer )

"Lesson In Survival" Joni Mitchell ( For the Roses )

"Time is On My Side" The Rolling Stones ( Greatest )

"Oh Bury Me Not" Johnny Cash ( American Records )

Hope some of these fit into your celebration of birth, life and music.