Fish ‘n’ chips from Cockney Kings for the birthday boy. “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four.” (Not sure about the need part, but my wife still feeds me, and she’s a great cook. “Grandchildren on your knee, Vera Chuck and Dave.” (The kids are both single, and who’d name someone Vera Chuck anyway?) “Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it’s not too dear.” (Last summer we rented a trailer in Penticton, and it wasn’t that dear. “ You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday morning go for a ride.” (Nothing against knitting, but Sundays are for sleeping in.) “I could be handy, mending a fuse, when you’re lights have gone.” (Newp, not handy at all. “If I’d been out till quarter to three, would you lock the door.” (Haven’t been locked out yet. “When I get older losing my hair, many years from now.” (I’ve definitely lost a few strands in the last couple decades, but I’m still quite the shaggy longhair. ![]() (The song was credited to Lennon-McCartney, as was always the case with John/Paul songs, but since McCartney sings it, he most likely wrote the lyrics as well. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When Im sixty-four. You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday mornings go for a ride, Doing the garden, digging the weeds, Who could ask for more. I could be handy, mending a fuse When your lights have gone. Now that it’s happened and I’m a writer who can do whatever the hell he wants (sometimes) I thought it might be fun to compare some of Paul McCartney‘s ponderings on old age to my own situation. 'WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR' IS A SONG BY THE BEATLES, WRITTEN BY PAUL MCCARTNEY (CREDITED TO LENNONMCCARTNEY) AND RELEASED IN 1967 ON THEIR ALBUM. Youll be older too, And it you say the word, I could stay with you. When my sitar-hating 10-year-old self listened to that song I sometimes wondered what life would be like when I hit 64. I got very good at placing the needle directly into the welcoming groove that led into “When I’m Sixty-Four”. It was the second track on Side Two, and I would skip right over George Harrison’s “Within You, Without You”, because I didn’t like it at all. Peppers was “When I’m Sixty-Four”, maybe because I used to play clarinet in the school band. Two years later a tragic family death would shatter our happy lives, but we always had the Beatles to help ease the pain. I’d fight with my little sister to see who could hold the album and read along. I would spend countless hours splayed out on the living room carpet listening to it on my parents console stereo and reading along to the lyrics printed on the back cover. The other thing I remember most about 1967 was that that was the year the Beatles released Sgt. Still got it downstairs, but it really needs air. The Lions lost, and so did I, but I did score an autographed football sporting names like Jim Young, Ted Gerela, Norm Fieldgate, and Leroy Sledge. Calgary Stampeders game at Empire Stadium. That was the year I did really well at the Little Leo Punt Pass ‘N Kick contest, well enough to get driven in from Chilliwack to compete for the top prize during halftime at a B.C. Not that I’m doin’ too bad right now, having just gotten my first AstraZeneca jab a few days ago.īut when I was 10 years old, things were pretty sweet. Listening to that tune really takes me back…to a happier time? I was born on April 14, 1957, so the Beatles‘ “When I’m Sixty-Four” is my favourite song today. E We shall scrimp and save Am Dm Ah, grandchildren on my knee F G C Vera, Chuck and Dave C G7 Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view G7 Indicate precisely what. ![]() In his 1980 interview for Playboy he said, "I would never even dream of writing a song like that.ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT ON APBy Steve Newton C A7 Will you still need me, will you still feed me D G7 C When Im sixty-four Am Every summer we can rent a cottage G Am On the Isle of Wight, if its not too dear. this was just one that was quite a hit with us. We just stuck a few more words on it like 'grandchildren on your knee' and 'Vera, Chuck and Dave'. ![]() Lennon said of the song, "Paul wrote it in the Cavern days. Pepper in December 1966 because his father turned 64 earlier that year. Both George Martin and Mark Lewisohn speculated that McCartney may have thought of the song when recording began for Sgt. It was on the Beatles playlist in their early days as a song to perform when their amplifiers broke down or the electricity went off. Although the theme is ageing, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was 16. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.The song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. "When I'm 64" is a song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released in 1967 on their album Sgt.
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