tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2594652421167424179..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: She's too cute to be a minute over seventeenagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-26530289435045360792009-01-31T01:26:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:26:00.000-05:00As the resident music buff on these boards (I'm a ...As the resident music buff on these boards (I'm a music writer in real life), I'll confirm your theory as correct.<BR/><BR/>Just a quick glimpse at 1950s hits tells the story. There's Neil Sedaka's "Happy Birthday Sweet 16" and Andrea Carroll's "It Hurts to Be 16." Then there's the Crest's "16 Candles." I know there are more, but this is just off the top of my head (and all can be heard on YouTube).<BR/><BR/>The culture changed, people got married later and today's 16 year old is like yesterday's 12 year old, at least in the media's eye. So no more songs about that gae bracket.<BR/><BR/>For the record, two of the last were Winger's "Seventeen" (from 1988) and Benny Mardones' "Into the Night," which was a hit in both 1980 and 1989. Kiss' "Christine Sixteen" should probably count, but it seems like they were going more for shock effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com