Childhood In Twenty One Pilots And Lukas Graham

The age fifteen is often mentioned in Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen” and Five for Fighting’s “100 Years” because of its effect and importance towards one’s future. The songwriters use the age not only comparing it to the years of a human’s life, but instead referring to the age when one aspires to live in a romantic fairy tale. In this stage of one’s life, they transition between the innocence of childhood toward to the maturity of adulthood. One is not yet fully developed, or independent, but are still gaining new knowledge. Fifteen, an illusion created by preconceived ideas, is focused on through song to display when one discovers or questions their identity.

Willie Nelson's son, Lukas Nelson has put the worries of the fans at ease after he announced that his father is doing just fine.

In the past, Country Music did have its downfalls when it came to aging. In the article ‘Images of Aging in the Lyrics of American Country Music’ written by Ronald H. Aday, he divided Country Music in seven categories; Physical Attributes, Mobility, Mental Health, Reminiscence, Loneliness, Quality of Relationships and Mortality. While looking in the Physical Attributes to a song, he was observing the negative lyrics when it came to aging, and using his example, he took a lyric from the 1955 song entitled ‘These Hand’ sung by Len Dresslar:

These sample verses from each artist allows the listeners to understand that before the hard work garnered fame, there was an enormous amount of growing pains.

Today I see myself differently than when I was a toddler. There are good and bad events that have shaped me into the person I am now. Good and bad things happen to everyone; although maybe not the same events that have occurred in my life or in the order that they have happened. These songs that I have picked, paint a picture of the past events or feelings I have had in my life.

That is not the best way of living life according to Alphaville. The lyrics to this song may highlight the celebration of youth, but they have a hidden meaning. This song indicates that vanishing like "a fading horse" is not the way to live. It is better to remain youthful like "diamonds in the sun" by dying in their prime time of their lives. People's remembrance of their good contributions to the world will disappear if they don’t choose to be forever young.

It is for this reason that during the sixties music becomes both the representation and the expression of the turmoil and desires of entire generations, whose goal became creating a better environment and a valid moral legacy to pass on. Therefore, the songwriter Neil Young sustains that “The 60s was one of the first time that the power of music was used by a generation to bind them

The confident statement Lily makes through her vibrant clothing is underscored by her tentative gestures – her nervous grip on her shirt and the reassuring grasp of her plaited hair. Nelson’s portraits in this series focus on the transformative time of adolescence. Working with the twin themes of vulnerability and defiance, she explores attitudes which define the teenage years and the experience of growing up. The colour saturation and intense focus of the works match the intense psychological state of adolescence, and the emotional energy of teenagers. Music has been another influential factor in Nelson’s work, particularly the way in which musical choices and the decision to identify with certain types of music can mark the separation from

Childhood: where someone could live happily with no worries, play an infinite amount of times while engulfed with all the love around them. Jumping to now, waking up with an annoying buzzing

The artist is admonishing millennials to recognize the threats to our civil liberties. I automatically found it ironic that the songwriter, Matthew Bellamy, is neither a millennial, nor is he from the same generation as my parents. Because he was born between the two generations, he is able to articulate our millennial predicament from an outside perspective. As a millennial, I accept the songwriter’s call to action and commit myself to helping my peers prepare for our future. Instead of being fearful of the day that my generation fully understands the burdens placed upon us, but I am confident that we will overcome the challenges before us.

“A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between dose what he wants to do” --words spoken by the singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Being a man of success himself, yet a very humble and simple man, changed the way people view musical quality. Dylan was awarded with the number one song in the twentieth century with those lyrics from his masterpiece Like a Rolling Stone, by Rolling Stone Magazine. His poetic words were heard all across the world, inspiring all who heard his voice. Telling tales of political and civil injustice, Dylan’s words brought normal everyday life a new sense of hope through tough times in a person’s life. Discussed will be the early era

Although the song itself isn't focused on reverence for elders, however when I read the line: "Your old road is rapidly aging, Cause the times they are a-changing", it reminds me of my grandma. She cannot adapt to constant changes because she has been living in the old environments for almost their entire life and it is extremely difficult for them to change their behaviours and ideology. But some people simply don't understand. Whenever I heard how people treat her differently due to her age, I find that really unfair and offensive. This issue is not taken seriously by our society as people cannot realise the impact of their actions on the elders, but it's just as important as gender equality, racism and

Young children scamper around a pond skipping rocks while Wall Street businessmen stress over work. An extravagant tree house lofts high above the ground as a stack of paperwork accumulates on a stiff, cluttered desk. A mother serenades her child to rest while an entrepreneur neglects to make it home at night to put his child to bed. The progression of a carefree child into an anxiety filled adult now exists as a norm in our society. A song simply titled “Stressed Out,” by the duo of two twenty-seven-year-olds Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn, Twenty-One Pilots, seamlessly depicts the reality of evolution from childhood to adulthood. Sometimes a song represents an emotion we all feel, yet due to other circumstances, we disregard the feelings.

There once was an old farm that had been converted into an orphanage. The orphanage was ran by a very malicious old woman. In the orphanage, lived a boy named Jake, who was 17 years old. Jake had grown up in the orphanage and had no memories of ever living anywhere else. He had helped the old woman for many years; cleaning up the farm, plowing fields and planting crops. Furthermore, if Jake was unable to get all the chores done the old woman would beat him. The orphanage was miles out of town, so all their food came from the land. Since Jake was becoming of age, the old woman realized she no longer could beat Jake. She knew that he would be leaving soon. The old woman could not afford for him to leave, “who would work the land.” She knew there was no one else to do all of the chores around the orphanage. Fearing that the old woman would somehow trap him at the orphanage, he realized he would have to run away. Knowing there had to be something else he could do, like being a “town-musician”. In a modern day twist of the narrative fable, “Bremen Town-Musicians”, readers will realize we all can find happiness when we explore as we grow older.

Music speaks what cannot be expressed. I often hear old people complain about how they wish they were still young and sometimes I ask my self why? If so many people that are young wish to be older so they can go out exploring places that when they are underage can't. As I listen to the song forever young by Jay-z and Mr. Hudson, I pay close attention to the lyrics and I find my self connected to everything the song is saying. As most people know Hispanic parents are very strict when it comes to their teens going out and exploring new things in life. So many young adults haven't had the opportunity to live their life the way they want for so many reasons and I'm one of many Hispanic who have never had the opportunity to have a normal life. In