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True Dough

(25,770 posts) Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:59 PM Yesterday

Songs that will turn 50 in 2026 [View all]

Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones

Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

TNT by AC/DC

Hotel California by The Eagles

Magic Man by Heart

The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy

Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac

More Than a Feeling by Boston

Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas

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Songs that will turn 50 in 2026 [View all] True Dough Yesterday OP

I don't need any reminders of being old, but some of these songs make me feel younger chicoescuela Yesterday #1

Bicentennial Babies and bicentennial songs rule 😎💪🎆 Niagara Yesterday #2

If you'd said "Cherry Bomb" in my presence, True Dough Yesterday #7

Oh yeah, I had a few JCM cassettes, True Niagara Yesterday #9

He can't shed the Cougar in my memory bank! True Dough Yesterday #11

Same here. It's just the way it is Niagara Yesterday #12

For eight very long years I had a cougar I couldn't shed. Harker Yesterday #18

I hope that those eight very long years were glorious years, Harker Niagara Yesterday #19

Thanks, Aggie... Harker Yesterday #21

You remembered! lol Niagara Yesterday #22

Of course you do... Harker Yesterday #23

Devil Woman by Cliff Richard Niagara Yesterday #3

Welcome Back by John Sebastian Niagara Yesterday #4

I saw John Sebastian play Folsom Field in Boulder in 1976. Harker Yesterday #24

Oopsie Niagara 13 hrs ago #35

But it's okay to call Henry John Deutschendorf "John Denver." Harker 12 hrs ago #37

What a sad time it was when we lost him Niagara 12 hrs ago #38

Very sad. Harker 12 hrs ago #40

lol Niagara 9 hrs ago #42

I have a lot of little vignettes like this from a life lived largely in public... Harker 7 hrs ago #44

I saw five of them performed live. Harker Yesterday #5

And at how many of those concerts True Dough Yesterday #8

Never, TD! Harker Yesterday #10

You're a good egg! True Dough Yesterday #13

I was too into the music, and too stoned to cause any trouble, anyhow. Harker Yesterday #15

Okay, True Dough Yesterday #26

... Harker Yesterday #16

There Are A Few On There... ProfessorGAC Yesterday #6

Oh.....crap Bayard Yesterday #14

I pre-date most of those. nt doc03 Yesterday #17

Some other notables fargone Yesterday #20

Great additions! True Dough Yesterday #25

The first Punk single released in the UK! johnp3907 23 hrs ago #27

Some More: Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #28

Some feel 50 years old, True Dough 23 hrs ago #30

Older than dirt. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #29

All of my era, but none that I seek out. nilram 22 hrs ago #31

.Who are we talking about here? True Dough 22 hrs ago #32

ANARCHY IN THE UK!!!!!! Coventina 22 hrs ago #33

when disco ruled... Eugene 20 hrs ago #34

Blinded by the Light- Manfred Mann Niagara 13 hrs ago #36

The song with the most True Dough 11 hrs ago #41

Absolutely, True Niagara 9 hrs ago #43

All the songs that I've listed or will list are Niagara 12 hrs ago #39

_ LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #45

Fooled Around and Fell In Love-Elvin Bishop VGNonly 1 hr ago #46