teenage.

"woke up on Monday and got ready for school, put on my uniform, it was three sizes too small. i said, 'dear, dear, dear teacher, i've been six years away and ain't finished my essay 'cos rock'n'roll rules ok!'"
-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

so. because i have a birthday coming up, & i am going to pretend to not really age another year ever again, and stay this age i am now forever, i came up with the ultimate list of songs about being young. here they are:

1. to be young- ryan adams ("when you're young you get sad then you get high")
2. why must i be a teenager in love?- dion & the belmonts
3. sixteen blue- the replacements
4. thirteen- big star ("maybe Friday i can get tickets for the dance and i'll take you")
5. spanish dance troupe- gorky's zygotic mynci
6. part of growing up- the tammys
7. wouldn't you?- biff bang pow!
8. 1,000,000- r.e.m. ("i could live a million years!")
9. let's kiss- beat happening
10. no time to be 21- the adverts
11. i'm not a juvenile delinquent- frankie lymon & the teenagers
12. susanne cochtrain- the right angles
13. ask- the smiths
14. i think we're alone now- tommy james & shondells ("'children, behave,' that's what they say when we're together")
15. expectations- belle & sebastian
16. you're so square, baby i don't care- buddy holly
17. noise annoys- buzzcocks
18. not yet three- jonathan richman & the modern lovers
19. the boy with the perpetual nervousness- the feelies
20. crazy- galaxie 500 ("you're so old, you must be 23, spent the year in a drunken frenzy")
21. now i wanna sniff some glue- ramones
22. teenage partner- gene vincent
23. joyriders- pulp
24. i know everything- the soup dragons
25. this angry silence- television personalities
26. silver lining- beulah ("punk rock was my first girl")
27. be true to your school- the beach boys
28. my girl- hoodoo gurus ("i took her to a dance and then i didn't see her all night")
29. holy moly- the pastels
30. today i lost a tooth- olivia tremor control
31. teenage kicks- the undertones
32. (i live for) cars and girls- the dictators
33. all grown up- the crystals ("when i'm all grown up/no more ponytails/if he wants to kiss i might say 'all right'")
34. brother- oh-ok
35. teenage fbi- guided by voices
36. doreen- old 97's ("when i first met doreen, she was barely 17, drinkin' whiskey sours at the bar")
37. perfect youth- the pointed sticks
38. the teacher- super furry animals
39. rock'n'roll high school- ramones ("i don't care about history/i just wanna have some kicks, i just wanna get some chicks")
40. teenage high 2- the pooh sticks
41. it's my party- lesley gore
42. sex is boring- ballboy
43. you're just a baby- belle & sebastian ("so kiss me on the cheek and then go off to school")
44. temptation- new order
45. big girls don't cry- frankie valli & the 4 seasons
46. our secret- beat happening ("i said 'i like you' and she said that she liked me/no one in this whole world could ever understand, that's why we're running away")
47. got a job- smokey robinson & the miracles
48. oh oh i love her so- ramones
49. young & lovely- blur
50. melt show- old 97's ("in the front row of the Melt show i fell in love with you and that was 3 weeks ago/i don't believe in school no more, you don't learn anything, you're just waitin' around")