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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
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swampwalker
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I crossed over about 2 months ago. My wife invited me out to dinner, and when I got there, found she had also asked about 30 of my best (old and not so old) friends. The hubub in the room at the restaurant was the sweetest music I've heard in a long time. Right up there with the birth of my son as a highlight; more fun than our wedding cause I didn't have any of the stress of planning it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERNIE
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ohlala
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Happy Birthday and 50 more, Ernie.
miami_a1a
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50Hz. RG Knaak
ozfly
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Happy Birthday Ernie!

How about "Old Folks Boogie" (Little Feat, Time Loves a Hero), "Done Got Old" (Buddy Guy, Sweet Tea) and "Cum mortius in lingua mortua" (Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Solti w/ Chicago Symphony)? Just kidding -- I'm right there with you age-wise. The sound and vocals on Done Got Old are terrific though.

Seriously, listen to some Colin James and the Little Big Band (one or two) -- that'll wake you up, get everyone dancing and remind you that all is well so long as you got the swing and can blend the new with the old!

Thanks for everything Ernie. Happy Happy!
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