A superstar, yes, but one who can still capture a childhood memory of her father coming home, as she does in this beautiful, poignant track. It is a wonderful snapshot of the loves, losses and dreams of a woman just turning 20. This lil ditty has inspired me to filter through my ol CD collection I need to know, what song would I be Nonetheless, its. This album is also special for being written by Swift entirely on her own, before she started teaming up with pop hitmakers to both good and bad effect. The Speak Now tour was the first concert they attended not targeted at children (no offense, Laurie Berkner!). I went with the former because it was my first concentrated exposure to Swift’s music, and an album my whole family embraced at a time when my daughters were starting to expand their musical horizons. I consider the first and last of those albums her best work, and it was really a coin-toss between Speak Now and Lover when I was making this list. During the 10s, which span the entirety of her 20s, she released five mega-selling albums: Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation, (2017) and Lover (2019).Īnd while none moved as many copies as 2008’s Fearless, her impact is measured in far more than album sales, and she is currently right up there with Beyoncé as a preeminent music industry icon. Taylor Swift certainly had a productive decade. So this time around I am limiting myself to just one title per artist, though I will list other albums of theirs that might have otherwise made the cut. I realize that can be a little boring for the reader, and it ends up pushing out acts deserving of a mention. (It’s recommended that you listen to this on Spotify as their embed only has 200 songs.On past lists like this, I’ve had single artists dominate with multiple appearances. Instead, lets just say that the Ramones never shied from being a covers band, long after that was out of fashion, and “I Don’t Want To Grow Up” was their last great cover.ĭid you miss a Certain Song? Follow me on Twitter: Certain Songs DatabaseĪ filterable, searchable & sortable somewhat up to date database with links to every “Certain Song” post I’ve ever written. I was going to say that it was the only Certain Song performed by both the Ramones and Tom Waits, but Waits returned the favor with a gorgeous, sparse version of “Danny Says,” so that can’t be it. Why is this song different from all other Ramones songs? With a guitar solo that replicated the melody - no doubt not played by Johnny - the Ramones find contrast their elemental power with elemental melody of Waits’ song, showing that they could still Ramonesize a song and create something new in the process. Didn’t matter, of course, not when they got to the superpowered final chorus. Weirdly enough, when Waits recorded it on 1992’s Bone Machine, he titled it “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up,” but the Ramones explicitly called it “I Don’t Want To Grow Up,” kinda showing just how much they had grown up. A song that was tailor-made for the Ramones. That said, I’m pretty sure that I’ve never heard their final album: 1995’s Adios Amigos! I mean, of course, outside of the dynamite Tom Waits cover that kicks it off. I mean, I could never fully ignore the Ramones, especially as the culture kinda sorta caught up with them - models wearing Ramones t-shirts and all that - in the post-Nirvana bloom. Best lyrics about growing up or coming of age: 'Just growin' up in stages / (Lay down, low down) / Livin' life in phases / Another season changes / And still, my days are shapeless'. Hmm, maybe I was paying more attention than I thought. I will never grow a mustache, Or a fraction of an inch. When I grow up, I wanna be like Wiz Khalifa Have lots of cool stuff, when I grow up Hear my music through the speakers I wanna feel love when I grow up I wanna have enough to pay the bills And buy my mom a house up on the hill I wanna be like Wiz Khalifa When I grow up, when I grow up Yeah Grind like I do them trees Its. Anyone who wants to try And make me turn into a man, Catch me if you can. But of course, Loco Live! was made redundant by the official U.S. I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up Not me, Not I, Not me So there Never gonna be a man, I won't Like to see somebody try And make me. To the point where I didn’t realize that Dee Dee kept writing for the band even after CJ took over the bass duties.Īnd so I completely ignored their covers album, 1993’s Acid Eaters - which I stuck in the rotation earlier this year and realized that I made the right decision - but actually kinda enjoyed their first official American live album, 1991’s Loco Live!, because the sturdy tracklist was filled with songs that are essentially unbreakable electric versions of campfire singalongs. I don’t think the two things really had anything to do with each other, but outside of the singles, I had no use for 1989’s Brain Drain, and I probably got 1992’s Mondo Bizarro at Ragin’, I can’t remember a fucking thing about it.
I’ll admit: after Dee Dee left, I pretty much stopped paying attention.
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