AARP

AARP
 
 
AARP, Inc.  (formerly American Association of Retired Persons) is a United States-based interest group that focuses on the elderly, especially on how they can continue to live well after retirement.  In 2016, it had a membership of over 37 million people.  AARP was founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus (a retired educator from California) and Leonard Davis (later the founder of the Colonial Penn Group of insurance companies).  It is a 501c4 non-profit organization which aims to “enhance the quality of life for all as they age,” according to its website.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
The current (August/September 2016) issue of AARP The Magazine – a perk for anyone who joins AARP that keeps getting better every year – includes a section called “Surviving the ’80s”.  The item about the Walk This Way remake reads, quoting Darryl McDaniels (aka D.M.C.):  “[Producer] Rick Rubin gives us this yellow notebook pad.  He tells us, ‘Go down to D’s basement, put the needle on the record.’  We go down to my basement and put on the record, and then you hear, ‘Backstroke lover always hidin’ ’neath the covers,’ and immediately me and Joe [Joseph Simmons aka Run] get on the phone and say, ‘Hell no, this ain’t going to happen.  This is hillbilly gibberish.’”
 
(September 2016)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021