(Not so) Wild Thangs!

I was doing a little channel-surfing the other night when the sound of a PBS show caught my attention. It was titled "My Music - 60's Pop, Rock and Soul". I tuned in as a surprisingly young-looking Gary Lewis and his not-so-young-looking Playboys were performing to a theater filled with gyrating Baby Boomers. Though I have heard it said that you should "dance like no one is watching", Baby Boomers may be an exception. When it comes to strutting our stuff on a dance floor, we are at that awkward age: too old to look cool and too young to look cute.

By coincidence, my wife had just forwarded me an email containing suggested updates for popular 60's songs. Suggested new titles included the following:

I Get By With a Little Help From Depends

The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face

Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver

Papa's Got a Kidney Stone, and

I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore

After watching my heroes from the 60's perform on a PBS fundraiser, the ultimate establishment venue, I thought it might be time to update a few more songs as Baby Boomers take on retirement. Here is "A. Boomer's Music - Pop, Rock and Soul for those in their 60's (and up).

Wild Thang, I Hate Those Mood Swangs - The Troggs

Bad All Over - Dave Clark 5

96 Fears - ? and the Mysterians

Will You Still Be Able to Love Me Tomorrow? - The Shirelles

Jumpin' Hot Flash - Rolling Stones

Baby's Got a Brand-New Knee - James Brown

Good Medications - Beach Boys

Heart Full of Stents - Yardbirds

I Want to Hold Your Arm - Beatles

You've Really Got to Hold Onto Me - Miracles

Strawberry Ensure Forever - Beatles

Ain't Too Proud to Beg For a Senior Discount - Temptations

Like a Rolling Kidney Stone - Bob Dylan

You've Lost Your Sense of Feeling - The Righteous Brothers

I Saw Her Wandering There - Beatles

Baby, Baby, Where Did Your Viagra Go? - Supremes

The Tracks of My Motorized Wheelchair - Miracles

I'm Getting Round - The Beach Boys

Gimme Some Muffins - Spencer Davis Group

I Heard it Thru My Beltone - Marvin Gaye

In the 9 o'Clock Hour -Wilson Pickett

Phooey, Phooey - The Kingsman

Sittin' at the Doctor's Today - Otis Redding

Fiber Gives Me Wind - Bob Dylan

and finally, just for Spring,

House of the Rising Lawn, by the Animals

Got any more suggestions? Send them to:

aboomer@embarqmail.com