There's certainly at least one madrigal setting of that Shakespeare text.
Wash ,'The Message'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
So songs that say seize the day, or let's do it now while we're still young.
Paradise by the Dashboard Light?
I think she's looking for pop songs that express the same sentiment, so the kids will be able to relate.
The one her DH came up with was, Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry.
Judas Priest - "Breaking The Law" or "Living After Midnight," take your pick. I'd bet there's some choice AC/DC songs, too.
Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young"?
Thanks guys! And keep em coming if you think of more.
"Born to Run" fits, I think.
"Seize The Day" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Carpe Diem" - Metallica
(to be overly literal)
Maybe the Beach Boys' "When I Grow Up to Be a Man."
"Let's Spend The Night Together" by the Stones?