The song takes you out of your comfort and puts you so vulnerable out in the world, but once you adapt to it, you see your place in it. Welcome To Paradise, collected in the 1992 album Kerplunk was born out of Green Day's vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong's own personal story when he, with Mike Dirnt had left their homes to settle in a warehouse when they had started out as musicians. One gets out of the home of parents to realize his/her own dreams. Welcome To Paradise is their own story of growing up. ( Source : youtube )Īmerican rock band Green Day has a special place, especially among those who grew up listening to them. The song is relatable to so many youths, who wave goodbye to their parents, to find their identities outside the four corners of comfort. This song by country singer Adkins will make us sad and happy at the same time: children have realized their dreams but you've been left alone. This remembrance of the things past will fill you with sadness and make you realize that though the challenges of growing up kids have finally settled down, there is cold emptiness at your house. When you are done parenting, children find their own ways to make living and get married and it won't be very usual that they are around you often – this can be a painful experience. The song was written by Jim Collins and Sunny Ross.įor teenagers, it might be a different and difficult experience, but for parents, growing up old often means their children's exit from their home. Parents grow up too as a person and Then They Do by Trace Adkins covers the melancholy of the reflecting parents. This song about painful parent-child separation has over 7M views on YouTube ( Source : youtube ) How do you move in a world of fog that's alwaysĬhanging things Makes wish that I could be a dog Nothing ever seems to turn out right I don't wanna grow up When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna grow up The repeated line in the song: "I don't wanna grow up," captures the sentiments of teenagers, youths or even adults, who are sometimes tired and impatient to see things happening around unlike their expectations often colder than their juvenile comforts. Punk lyrics carried such sentiments, and this song in particular became an anthem for youthful verve and nerve to reject it all – the whole idea of growing up and accepting all the troubles that follow. Often in our teens, sometimes we just want to bring down the established values. Like other punk genre-defining songs, it revolts growing up. I Don't Want to Grow Up was amassed in the album Adios Amigos recorded by the punk rock band Ramones.
The "power pop" style and intensity of the song target the rituals of being old, especially in the 90s, and which is even now true: getting good degrees, getting good office jobs, drinking and fighting couples, money and loan. The majestic vocal of Sinatra and the lively instrumentation makes this one of those cheerful songs that remind us: good memories of growing up stay with us even in our old age just like a good friend who never gets old.īut now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the yearĪnd now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegsįrom the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear
He refreshes those intact images of the girls, all of whom left a sweet indelible mark on the narrator as he now reflects back on them. In this song by the king of traditional pop music, Sinatra sings about the love relationships the narrator had in different years of life. Imagine, what does the autumn think about the spring and the harvest? Perhaps, all good memories of bloom. This song about growing up and loving relationships won Frank Sinatra Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1966. It Was A Very Good Year is a song for our nostalgia ( Source : youtube ) You'll miss the magic of the good old days 'Cause someday soon, your whole life's gonna change That some day, these will be the good old daysĪnd all these reckless nights you won't regret The song gives us strength and teaches a lesson: life is happening now! The song is both a reminiscence and a reminder that life must be lived in the present so that we can form good memories that we might be able to reflect upon peacefully and with joy. He thinks that, because every experience of the present will transform into a memory we should live as if we have already lived it, and with no remorse left for our future selves. But, his only regret is that he should have lived every moment of his past to the fullest. The singer dwells on his past: his struggling days as an artist and even his romantic feelings and hesitations. The song appreciates the moments of our lives. Good Old Days by American rapper and songwriter Macklemore is one of the 16 songs from his 2017 album Gemini. Good Old Days by Macklemore has over 111M views on YouTube ( Source : youtube )
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