I watched another movie on aging that I absolutely loved...This one is a documentary on a choral group of older singers that sings contemporary songs. It is a touching look at some wonderful people...it brought laughs as well as tears...I definitely recommend it...

The lyrics seem to become more important when this group sings...this is just one of many songs they sing...it takes on a new meaning when the singers are elderly...

"I Just Want to be Sedated" by the Clash

Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, no where to go, oh
I wanna be sedated

Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain
Oh no oh oh oh oh

{Refrain}

Just put me in a wheelchair, get me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain
Oh no oh oh oh oh

{Refrain}

Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go loco
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes
Oh no oh oh oh oh

{Refrain}

Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry, before I go loco
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes
Oh no oh oh oh oh

Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Loved this movie! Beautiful cinematography...colors...music...story...A Dickensian story set in India...

Movies on Memory...

"I think I may be beginning to disappear" - Fionna in Away From Her

Have been watching some movies with an "aging" theme...last week watched "The Savages" and yesterday evening watched "Away From Her". Both these movies explore dementia and how it touches family and caregivers as well as those suffering with it..Julie Christie does a spectacular job in "Away From Her" portraying the gradual loss of memory (yet remains beautiful). And Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman are wonderful as siblings with problems...Having worked in geriatrics - not to mention aging myself - these issues interest me.. another interesting tidbit - both films are mainly filmed in winter...I have a few more movies on the theme I plan to see...

photos obtained from flickr commons..