In his nifty "D.I.Y." song from 1978, Peter Gabriel sang the praises of Do It Yourself:

When things get so big, I don't trust them at all

You want some control -- you've got to keep it small

But that was a long time ago. These days, Peter sounds much less entrepreneurial--as does one-time uber-entrepreneur Richard Branson:

Nelson Mandela celebrates his 89th birthday tomorrow in Johannesburg, launching a humanitarian campaign along with former President Jimmy Carter, ex-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other “elders” of the global village. The initiative stems from an idea by British entrepreneur Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel to create a world council of elders to tackle issues such as conflict, AIDS and global warming.

Peter Seeger wouldn't complain much about Gabriel and Branson's "idea", of course. But for everyone else, it's obvious that the old days of "Don't trust anybody over 30" have sure gone out the window, now that the average superstar rock musician is typically quite an elder himself.

Update: "I for one welcome our new geriatric overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted blog commenter, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground Metamucil caves."