This week, we’re listening to songs about young adults (let’s say 18-35) on A Symposium of Popular Songs. Think of it as a companion piece to our very first episode, on middle age! Send your song recommendations to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers, “Shady Esperanto and the Young Hearts Carousel” (The Bear, 2009)
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5:22
The Replacements, “Bastards of Young” (Tim, 1985)
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8:53
Japandroids, “The House That Heaven Built” (Celebration Rock, 2012)
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16:32
Reading: Walt Whitman, “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”
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17:37
Reading: William Cullen Bryant, “To a Waterfowl”
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20:03
Laura Cantrell, “Khaki and Corduroy” (Humming by the Flowered Vine, 2005)
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24:29
Neil Young, “Old Man” (Harvest, 1972)
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28:45
Reading: Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
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33:33
Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsey Mendes, “Opening Doors” (Merrily We Roll Along, 2023 BCR)
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40:48
Bon Voyage, “West Coast Friendship” (Bon Voyage, 1998)
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46:16
The Marvelettes, “When You’re Young and in Love” (The Marvelettes, 1967)
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48:49
The Jam, “When You’re Young” (single, 1979)
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51:58
Black and White World, “Too Young to Be Sad” (Life Explodes, 1992)
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55:41
Daniel Amos, “Sins of the Fathers” (Songs of the Heart, 1995)
