• PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Seventeen is also easier to fit into lyrics. Dancing Queen by ABBA. Sexy + 17 by the Stray Cats (although the song was about ditching high school classes). At Seventeen by Janis Ian (who was singing about herself at 17). Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf (again about both being high schoolers, but he’s a bit of a creep anyway).

    I might be giving my age away here.

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      5 months ago

      Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen.

      ETA: It’s just kind of a natural part of the life cycle of a musician that–barring Disney child starlets and other abuse cases like that–you’re in your 20’s or 30’s by the time you’re playing to a concert hall full of teenagers, so there you are, 30 years old, singing songs about teenage relationships.

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      5 months ago

      A bit of a creep? He lies about loving the girl so he can get laid. Sure, he pays for the lie, but still…

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        Oh, I mean the guy himself. I know two women who knew/worked with him.

        I always took Paradise as more funny than creepy because I interpreted it as a parody of stereotyped guy/girl behaviors and agendas rather than advocacy, but the guy himself wasn’t someone you’d particularly want to see your sister dating.