Can punks grow old gracefully?

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Can punks grow old gracefully?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/200 ... e-research

ffs :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:
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I'd prefer to grow old disgracefully. :innocent:
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i tried, i really did -i was going to cross it out half-way through the first paragraph- but i couldn't read beyond the "Mitch, 29" bit. i'm 38 and i'm too young to have been a punk first time round. "Mitch, 29" would have still been in nappies when "damage done" was released FFs.... and not even a glint in the milkmens eye when the pistols split up. :roll:
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Good point :lol:
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for those of you too young or daft, the chap on the right is one Mr. K. Emerson of 70s behomoths Messrs. Emerson, Lake and indeed Palmer, apparently they're great mates... now let us Rawk!
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We need a 'P' for Emerson, Lydon and...

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...Past it.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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Do/did punks ever say that word?
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the original article wrote:Ryan, a musician and writer in his early 30s, complains of a peer who still dresses like a 19-year-old and has a 19-year-old girlfriend. "It's silly," Ryan declaims, "it's what kids do; when you get older, it seems like you should have a little more dignity."
Does having dignity when you're older really fit with the punk ethos?
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it's hard to look dignified whilst kicking against the pricks. who the f*ck wants to look like a lady? won't catch me at it!
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emilystrange wrote:who the f*ck wants to look like a lady? won't catch me at it!
I've been caught at it twice but they didn't press charges.
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i just about managed it on my wedding day :p
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Fully intend to embarrass my children, if I haven't rotted my genes away by that point.

Hell, we need the Veterans around to remind us how good it was!

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Oh aging up yours! :von:




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SINsister wrote:Oh aging up yours! :von:




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Amen to that.
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I couldn't possibly comment.

For fear of retribution.

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Whoa, hot dude-age. :twisted: :oops:
Why must you lot be on *that* side of The Pond? :|

:lol: ;) :kiss:
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SINsister wrote:
Whoa, hot dude-age. :twisted: :oops:
Why must you lot be on *that* side of The Pond? :|

:lol: ;) :kiss:
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Growing old is a pain in the arse at the best of times. Wikipedia any one of your heroes and you'll balk when you realise they are only a few years older than you - but still look great.

Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue :notworthy: :notworthy: is 52 (ish) yet if I saw a man his age getting on the 11A bus to town he'd get a thousand stares from the feral and the feckless who inhabit this city. I on the other hand would carry his shopping and pay his fare.

I'm 42, feel about 26 but would never go to a rock club again, last time i went I felt like I was there to take my kid home cos they'd missed the last bus. And I don't even have kids!!!

I'm lucky to still have a full head of hair and a youthful complexion
:innocent: So I don't actually look my age ( ahem). But I do feel sorry for the others of my generation who feel the same way but are fighting a war on two fronts. Old father time and their hair line :(


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:lol: You wear it well Ramone my man. ;)

I know what you mean; Johnny Depp is what, a couple of years older than me, and FFS I'd do him :lol:
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i'd pay to watch that!
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emilystrange wrote:i'd pay to watch that!
So would the tabloids.
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Mark, I guess your new BMW could be sorted. :lol:
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