I imagine that McCartney himself may shudder when he sings that line, especially as he is now 78 and still going strong by the look of him. It’s true that when I was a child I believed that anyone as ancient as 64 would definitely be “wasting away.” Now that I have reached that age, I’m happy to report that I know 90-year-olds I wouldn’t put in that category.Īge is definitely a state of mind. “Indicate precisely what you mean to say: ‘Yours sincerely wasting away.’” According to Ian MacDonald, the song was 'aimed chiefly at parents, and as a result got.
It was released in 1967 on their album Sgt. It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney ).
“You mean I won’t be able to have pen pals anymore? You know I love writing on those blue Air Mail forms before popping them in the mailbox!” Kite' ' When I'm Sixty-Four ' is a love song by The Beatles. “How can you dial a message on a rotary phone?” I hear my younger self asking. Who could have predicted in 1967 that in the not-so-distant future we’d all be typing out messages to send via email or texting snippets using our phones? “Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view.” A postcard? Turns out these days they’re something only collected by historians. Send me a postcard, drop me a line Stating point of view Indicate precisely what you mean to say Yours sincerely, wasting away Give me your answer, fill in a.
Thanks to the pandemic, our grandchildren haven’t sat on our knees for well over a year, but I live in hope they’ll be able to do so before they become teenagers. It’s reached by a ferry and although we didn’t rent a cottage there every year (it was indeed too dear), we did enjoy a vacation there with our children when they were small. For those of you who don’t know, the Isle of Wight is a popular vacation spot off the south coast of England.
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