Comments on: POP QUIZ: When Did You Stop Being Young?

By: Still have my Lynyrd Skynrd 8-tracks

Still have my Lynyrd Skynrd 8-tracks — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000

I was in college in 1986 when I realized that, due to the incessant repetition of Billy Squier’s “Everybody Wants You” and Jefferson Starship’s “We Built This City on Rock and Roll” I could no longer stand to listen to the radio.

Most of the music scene since then has been a blur. I loved REM’s “What’s the Frequency Kenneth?” in 1994, but today Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce et al leave me flat. It’s all Jonas Brothers to me.

By: Asta

Asta — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:27:35 +0000

The last song I remember is from 1986 (I was 26 then).
I remember that turning 20 made me already feel a little uneasy, I really loved being a teenager. But turning 40 was really tough – now I was “middle-aged”. I was in a foul mood, licking my wounds while listening to the Blues.

But the Blues is a healer, Baby…

By: Court

Court — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:51:52 +0000

Apparently, in 1997…..when I was 19. I only know one song after that, and that is by force (I worked mall retail for awhile.)
Funny, I didn’t feel old until this year, when those little lines under my eyes from sleep weren’t gone by 9 am.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:19:47 +0000

My youth ended when all my high school/college friends (in no particular order) got the ” gotta buy a new car, buy a house, get married, have kids, work for corporate America, and turn conservative” disease – about age 22.

By: Jakelin

Jakelin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:45:11 +0000

64-76, 07+ so I hit adolecents at age -30 then it ended at age -18 then restarted at 07 (age12) and has been goin strong eversince

By: Kay

Kay — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:09:45 +0000

This is a cute quiz, but it isn’t the kind of music that I have ever listened to. I only do know the songs through the year I graduated college, but I can precisely pinpoint when I got old: the day I turned 30.

By: Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:15 +0000

OMG, it was 1988 for me. We bought our house in October of 1987 (so I still remembered U2′s “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”). But apparently acquiring a mortgage immediately makes you old. I didn’t recognize any other of those songs except, yes, the Macarena.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:27:59 +0000

When I get there, I’ll let you know….

By: tamarra

tamarra — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:30:26 +0000

It was 1987 for me as well……

By: Pamela Redmond Satran

Pamela Redmond Satran — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:09:48 +0000

Abby, If you stopped being young in 2004, you’re STILL young.