Will You Still Need Me My Baby Boomer Love

I had actually forgotten about this song until a few people posted it as their favorite Beatles song on a previous post.

When I'm 64 is a song sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Although the theme is about aging, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was sixteen.

What baby boomer doesn't remember this song? And now that I'm much closer to 64 myself, that song has special significance. (Hope you're reading this Nate, honey!)

Come on and sing along!

Baby Boomer Issac Hayes

I came home from my mother-in-law's birthday party today and learned that Isaac Hayes had passed away.

I was going to dedicate this week to Baby Boomer Beatles jams, however, in the wake of the death of a music icon like Hayes, I am dedicating this week to him and his music. He was known as the "Black Moses."

Isaac Hayes had teamed up with the late Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson for the movie "Soul Men" due out in November of this year. Bernie Mac died one day before Hayes.

Here's the song that made Hayes a cross-over sensation: