This Easter weekend was a nice four-day weekend that was spent at Boyne Mountain and Avalanche Bay with the family. It was a great weekend. On the drive home I decided to listen to XM’s Hits radio. I try to stay up to date to the current hits, because there is some good new music coming out. As I was listening, a song came on, and it was the apex of millennial whine.
I generally don’t comment on pop music. It’s usually generic enough, and if it is trying to make a point, it isn’t too annoying. Like Hozier’s song, “Take me to Church,” I may or may not agree with the message, but it is talking about an issue that he has with religion, which makes it a valid discussion point.
That aside though, “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots takes the cake on whining about life.
But the whining isn’t the only thing wrong with this song, but we will get to that later, because it is the true topper on this miserable whining song.
There are many songs that whine about aspects of life, and to my surprise there is a whole genre of whiny songs. How weird!?! Then there is this list of whiny rock songs, but with the rock songs you have to really listen to the lyrics, and then interpret them in the right way to get the whine. Not so with “Stressed Out.”
Let us list the things that “Stressed Out” whines about.
- He wants better sounds that are original (Yeah, except for Kanye!)
- A better voice (Yeah, except for Adele, and Kanye! (Adele because she has the greatest.))
- Better words (Yeah, except for Kanye!)
- New chord arrangements (Yeah, except for…you get the idea.)
- Having to rhyme when singing (really? This is no one but you.)
- His fears didn’t shrink as he aged (Except Kanye, again!)
- Insecurity (Yup, except Kanye.)
- Cares what people think (Guess what, the last of the Kanye’s exceptions.)
- Wouldn’t be able to sell his candle, except to his brother, made of a scent that only they would know (What!?!)
- Student loans (yeah, like every one with student loans)
- Being told to stop day dreaming, like you could as a kid (Duh!)
- Having to make money (Duh to the infinite power.)
(I really didn’t mean to hate on Kanye when I started.)
Now that is quite the extensive list, but unfortunately all of that is life. Welcome to life. Some find life stressing, and the change into a fully fledge human can be stressful, but as a fully functioning human, you should not “wish we could turn back time, to …when our momma sang us to sleep[!!!]”
And to think that those were the “good old days!?!”
Are you bloody kidding me!?!
Those were not the “good old days.” They were days, and they were carefree, but they were also the time that you had no autonomy.
Maybe this thinking is the result of helicopter parenting. Maybe its this belief that they, as a generation, are special. By the way, the other messed up generation, the Baby Boomers, have the same infliction.
Oh, and what makes the Millennials special? Well, some one asked, and they answered. They said it is their music/pop culture, which is just a rehash of the past. Their clothes, once again a rehash of the past. Their technology use, I’ll give them that, as a generation. Smarter? Since every generation thinks this I’ll give them that too, but it’s pure bologna for every generation. Their liberal/tolerant view of the world? I’ve already called BS to this one, because it is a hate of hate that drives them, and that’s not tolerance.
Either way, to wish for your past is pathetic, and you should always strive forward. If you feel the same angst as Twenty One Pilots, you should look to see how your life can be changed for a better future. Don’t “wish we could turn back time, to …when our momma sang us to sleep.”
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