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Your age is the hardest age

"Sixteen Blue" is a song of teenage confusion, awkwardness, boredom, and anxiety. Basically, it's an accurate portrayal of the teenage experience. The unromanticized take on the subject would have been easy for songwriter and Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg, who was 25 when he wrote it and still had his ear close to the ground of that world. The Replacements fanbase were largely teens, and Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson was 16 when this song was recorded. As we become entrenched in adulthood, we tend to idealize youth and forget what a mess of uncertainty an… read more
"Sixteen Blue" is a song of teenage confusion, awkwardness, boredom, and anxiety. Basically, it's an accurate portrayal of the teenage… read more
"Sixteen Blue" is a song of teenage confusion, awkwardness, boredom, and anxiety. Basically, it's an accurate portrayal of the teenage experience. The unromanticized take … read more

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The Replacements were an American band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a outfit but began to incorporate and influences in their sound. They become one of the leaders of the early alt-folk set and one of the flagship bands of the American scene in the , being a major influence on as well. The band's best known lineup consisted of Paul Westerberg (vocals, guitar), Bob Stinson (guitar), Tommy Stinson (bass) and Chris Mars (drums). They were infam… read more
The Replacements were an American band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band originally started off as a outfit but began to incorporate read more
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