This is late '80s hair metal sleaze, so it's no surprise that this flash in the pan band would crank out lyrics like, "She's only seventeen, still she gives me love like I've never seen... She's only seventeen, daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me".
"I'm only seventeen (seventeen), but I'll show you love like you've never seen She's only seventeen (seventeen), daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me"
Okay, now for a GREAT song by Jason Isbell called "Children of Children." Wrote it out of guilt for being born to his mother so young.
"Eighty-one, a motor inn, your momma's 17 again She's squinting at the dusty wind The anger of the plains
You and I were almost nothing Pray to God the Gods were bluffing Seventeen ain't old enough to reason with the pain How could we expect the two to stay in love When neither knew the meaning of The difference between sacred and profane?
I was riding on my mother's hip She was shorter than the corn All the years I took from her Just by being born"
"So girl, leave your boots by the bed we ain't leaving this room . . . 'Till someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom. It's cold in this house and I ain't going out to chop wood. So cover me up and know you're enough to use me for good."
Anyone that sings God is "like a pipe bomb ready to blow" (24 Frames) is okay in my book.
"You thought God was an architect, now you know, He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow. And everything you built that’s all for show, goes up in flames . . . In 24 frames."
I love most of these, but this Joan Jett song reminds me of slamming out of the high school parking lot in my best friend's '64 Ford Galaxy with "I Love Rock and Roll" blasting on the cassette player and the pair of us singing ( I use the word loosely) at the top of our lungs.
And just when I thought she was comin' to my door She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor She said
I'm only seventeen (seventeen) But I'll show you love like you've never seen She's only seventeen Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me
When I was 17 I drank some very good beer I drank some very good beer i purchard with a fake id My name was brian Magee I stayed up lisnin to Queen When I was 17
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels. Looking back at the years gone by like so many Summer fields. In '65 I was seventeen and running up 101. I don't know where I'm running now; I'm just running on.
I don't care that no one knows the band or the song, but this gets my vote: Edna's Goldfish - This Is Not Here ""Almost" is a dirty word when you're 17. Regret can kill you, when you turn 20."
Not my favorite, but how could you not include Frank Sanatra's: When I was seventeen it was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights We'd hide from the lights on the village green When I was seventeen ...
Steve Perry, "You Better Wait": She was 17 Beauty queen I met her in a magazine Heart of fire Love's desire Reachin' out higher, higher ... You better wait Stop yourself before you fall You better wait Stop before you lose it all Creepy, creepy, creepy
When I first met Doreen She was barely seventeen She was drinking whiskey sours in the bar The way she tossed 'em back I would've had a heart attack But as it is I let her drive my car
We galloped through the boroughs Like a pair of horny thoroughbreds Until I said, "Stop the car, Doreen" Well, you can roll your eyes and nod But I swear that I saw God in the moonlight On a side street in the wreckage we call Queens
Little Queenie. Chuck Berry. 1959 There she is again standin' there by the record machine Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine She's too damn hot to be a minute over seventeen Meanwhile I was thinkin'... If she's in the mood no need to break it I got the chance and I oughta take it If she can dance we can make it C'mon queenie let's shake it Go, go, go, little queenie Go, go, go, little queenie Go, go, go, little queenie
Cover versions by no less than the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Clapton, Springsteen, & Bob Seger, among many others
Matt LeBlanc was in the starring role, prior to his debut in Friends; he later claimed that he was drunk through the whole video, having shared a bottle of tequila with Seger immediately before the shoot.
I'm sad Mandy Moore's "17" didn't make the list (no, seriously!)
"I'll learn my lessons, and I'll make mistakes And if I get burned (get burned), it'll be my heart to break It isn't easy, hearing what they say Sometimes you've got to take a leap of faith"
@seraphmonkey Great tune, but overlooked - it doesn't fit with News of the World in many ways and it is certainly not Taylor's best song, but the biggest issue is that for Queen the song is very, very "heavy", much too heavy for many fans. It is really almost better classified as "punk explosion".
I have this one in my car (those of you traumatized by country music please skip)- "After Seventeen" by Alan Jackson. I have a 15 year old daughter so it's a bit sad for me.
"Seventeen", Winger, 1988.
This is late '80s hair metal sleaze, so it's no surprise that this flash in the pan band would crank out lyrics like, "She's only seventeen, still she gives me love like I've never seen... She's only seventeen, daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me".
@Pavlov
@boc @Pavlov This. And the fact that he was ~27 at the time made it...yeah.
@boc
Once i used to watch these vids trying to suss them out or something. Now when i see one like this, i know why MTV isnt MTV anymore.
Oh man, the 69 Love Songs made it to a meh poll.
"You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen." ("Dancing Queen" by ABBA)
@SpenceMan01 Definitely my first thought, surprised by its absence.
@brhfl Same here.
@SpenceMan01 I came here to put this, but you beat me to it!
Meatloaf!!!
Definitely Meatloaf, but bonus points for including Magnetic Fields.
"I'm only seventeen (seventeen), but I'll show you love like you've never seen
She's only seventeen (seventeen), daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me"
Winger
"She's only seventeen...SEVENTEEN! Dad says she's too young, but she's old enough for me!" - Winger
C'mon, I promised sleazy when I clicked other, and really there is only one choice.
Meat Loaf's daughters sex ed teacher used Paradise by the Dashboard Light in her class. I'm guessing that was not on his mind when he wrote it.
I don't know if The Knack ever explicitly sang "17" but pretty much every one of their songs about a girl was about a seventeen-year-old girl.
"I am 16 going on 17 innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies
Drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those?" -The Sound of Music
But of course had to choose Meatloaf
@lilsrm123
So long, farewell,
Like a bat out of Hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes.
Okay, now for a GREAT song by Jason Isbell called "Children of Children." Wrote it out of guilt for being born to his mother so young.
"Eighty-one, a motor inn, your momma's 17 again
She's squinting at the dusty wind
The anger of the plains
You and I were almost nothing
Pray to God the Gods were bluffing
Seventeen ain't old enough to reason with the pain
How could we expect the two to stay in love
When neither knew the meaning of
The difference between sacred and profane?
I was riding on my mother's hip
She was shorter than the corn
All the years I took from her
Just by being born"
@CraigDanger Isbell is a beautiful lyricist.
From Cover Me Up -
"So girl, leave your boots by the bed we ain't leaving this room . . .
'Till someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom.
It's cold in this house and I ain't going out to chop wood.
So cover me up and know you're enough to use me for good."
Anyone that sings God is "like a pipe bomb ready to blow" (24 Frames) is okay in my book.
"You thought God was an architect, now you know,
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow.
And everything you built that’s all for show, goes up in flames . . .
In 24 frames."
@CraigDanger I do love some Isbell
"Seventeen" from Repo: The Genetic Opera
@stardate820926 I came here to mention this song even though imo it's the worst song in the film.
@rhrgrt I agree but I'll always jump at the chance to bring up Repo haha
I love most of these, but this Joan Jett song reminds me of slamming out of the high school parking lot in my best friend's '64 Ford Galaxy with "I Love Rock and Roll" blasting on the cassette player and the pair of us singing ( I use the word loosely) at the top of our lungs.
@AnnaB I love that visual.
They only want you when you're seventeen; when you're twenty-one, you're no fun.
Seventeen, Ladytron
And just when I thought she was comin' to my door
She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor
She said
I'm only seventeen (seventeen)
But I'll show you love like you've never seen
She's only seventeen
Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me
Hommer Simpson
When I was 17
I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer i purchard with a fake id
My name was brian Magee
I stayed up lisnin to Queen
When I was 17
This was the first one that came to my mind as well!
"Hey Nineteen" (She lied about her age...)
The Count from Sesame Street.
Number of the Day
Well she was sexy and seventeen, my little rock and roll queen...
The Stray Cats.
@PocketBrain You beat me to it. That was the first song I thought about when I read the topic.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/sexy-and-17-lyrics-stray-cats.html
@PocketBrain yep... my choice
I voted Meatloaf but...
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels.
Looking back at the years gone by like so many Summer fields.
In '65 I was seventeen and running up 101.
I don't know where I'm running now; I'm just running on.
I don't care that no one knows the band or the song, but this gets my vote:
Edna's Goldfish - This Is Not Here
""Almost" is a dirty word when you're 17. Regret can kill you, when you turn 20."
"One is the loneliest number"....it doesn't have a forum.
Not my favorite, but how could you not include Frank Sanatra's:
When I was seventeen it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights on the village green
When I was seventeen
...
Steve Perry, "You Better Wait":
She was 17
Beauty queen
I met her in a magazine
Heart of fire
Love's desire
Reachin' out higher, higher
...
You better wait
Stop yourself before you fall
You better wait
Stop before you lose it all
Creepy, creepy, creepy
Old 97's, "Doreen"
When I first met Doreen
She was barely seventeen
She was drinking whiskey sours in the bar
The way she tossed 'em back
I would've had a heart attack
But as it is I let her drive my car
We galloped through the boroughs
Like a pair of horny thoroughbreds
Until I said, "Stop the car, Doreen"
Well, you can roll your eyes and nod
But I swear that I saw God in the moonlight
On a side street in the wreckage we call Queens
@discussed Love Old 97's
17 by Cross Canadian Ragweed
@MEHcus Nice. Props for life in a small town.
@2many2no What can I say, I'm a small town kid.
@MEHcus
Little Queenie. Chuck Berry. 1959
There she is again standin' there by the record machine
Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine
She's too damn hot to be a minute over seventeen
Meanwhile I was thinkin'...
If she's in the mood no need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it
Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie
Cover versions by no less than the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Clapton, Springsteen, & Bob Seger, among many others
To me, this song (Bob Seger) has always been about being 17:
Check out the vid, is that a young Matt LeBlanc?
@f00l and making eyes at Daphne Zuniga I believe.
@f00l
looks like it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Moves_(song)#Music_video
@nadroj
Is a wig they put on DZ? Ugh.
I'm sad Mandy Moore's "17" didn't make the list (no, seriously!)
"I'll learn my lessons, and I'll make mistakes And if I get burned (get burned), it'll be my heart to break It isn't easy, hearing what they say Sometimes you've got to take a leap of faith"
God, no one said Sheer Heart Attack by Queen?
Well you're just 17 and all you wanna do is disappear
@seraphmonkey Great tune, but overlooked - it doesn't fit with News of the World in many ways and it is certainly not Taylor's best song, but the biggest issue is that for Queen the song is very, very "heavy", much too heavy for many fans. It is really almost better classified as "punk explosion".
I have this one in my car (those of you traumatized by country music please skip)- "After Seventeen" by Alan Jackson. I have a 15 year old daughter so it's a bit sad for me.