brendan benson
2005
"being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up; these are the best days of our lives"...the ataris said it (although no one but my inner 13 year old wants to hear them sing it). i've been thinking a lot about transition...watching my friends graduate, and preparing for a pretty big transition myself. the pop-punk lyrics of bygone years now feel like rationalizations of adolescent angst and bad decision-making (cf summers of 2003-2004). but, there are some newer songs that, with their simplicity and whimsy and confusion, in an (ever so slightly) more grown-up way, evoke the simultaneous hope and fear and nostalgia that the process of transitioning (and trying to claw your bare-handed way up the steep cliff face that is adulthood) inspires.the rest of your playlist:
"new soul" yael naim
"i feel it all" feist
"darlin' do not fear" brett dennen
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