Slightly more than a year ago, we noted that 17 is the most significant age from a lyrical perspective. That post is at indieobsessive.com/music-lifetime-from-17-to-27. Just as one example of the significance of the age in music, the first line of the first song on the Beatles’ first album referenced the age of seventeen - “Well, she was just 17, if you know what I mean” (“I Saw Her Standing There”).
Within the last few weeks, two more songs joined lyrics-based 17 parade.
Within the last few weeks, two more songs joined lyrics-based 17 parade.
Jet Black Alley Cat is a band based in Nashville. The members are Joe Wilkinson (vocals, Zach Douglas (guitar), Christian Harrison (guitar), Cristofer Johnson (bass), and Bryant Lowry (drums). In talking about “Rewind” the band noted that it is “a song of personal honesty and admiration of better times in the past. Vulnerability reigns in this track as it forces us each to face nostalgia vs reality head-on.”
“Rewind” by Jet Black Alley Cat
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Lyrics of “Rewind” by Jet Black Alley Cat
Looking back on the old days
When I was seventeen and spiritual
I remember the steps, how I carried myself
Yeah, I was everything original
It was me and my friends on the town
Just singing our lungs out (singing our lungs out)
I wasn't told if I didn't hold tight
That my spirit could fade out
'Cause now I'm miserable
Staring at my wall all day
Sadly cynical
That none of this will ever change
They said, "Get out of the house
Drive a car down south to survive"
I'd rather slam on the brakes
Put on pause and a space in the time
Oh, then rewind
Then rewind
I envision my old ways
Back when love was just habitual
I felt the freedom to really expressing myself
It was extreme and fully radical
But maybe growing up the challenge is
Managing clutter and hard hearts and bored
I think maybe I'm a victim of too much noise
'Cause now I'm miserable
Staring at my wall all day
Sadly cynical
That none of this will ever change
They said, "Get out of the house
Drive a car down south to survive"
I'd rather slam on the bakes
Put a pause and a space in the time
Oh, then rewind
(Then rewind)
(Then rewind)
Oh, then rewind
Put on pause and a space in the time
Then rewind
Then rewind
Then rewind
Then rewind
From Ponte, comes the UK band Glass Caves. The members are Matt Hallas (vocals), Elliott Fletcher (drums), Connor Thorpe (guitar), and Eddie Clayton (bass).
“Stephanie” by Glass Caves
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