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Young Galaxy — Youth Is Wasted on the Young
Album: Shoreless Kid
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Released: 2012
Length: 3:08
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Smoke-ring afternoon
The sun in a sling
Spinning
All come to meet her
On the record player
Soundtracked suffering
These were the days
Of catapulting
After dark
Armored in angst
In moonlit parks
In a drunken blur
We tattooed the words
Of venus in furs

There's a line you wrote
A long time ago
It goes something like this
I wouldn't mind dying at all
If it weren't for the songs I'd miss

Young and beautiful, in poverty
Filming, blossoms falling
From the cherry trees
On pure ecstasy
And as we sulked
Like Russian spies
Out after dark
Deliberating
Court and spark
In a hail of broken glass
You told me
Nothing's built to last

There's a line you wrote
A long time ago
It goes something like this
I wouldn't mind dying at all
If it weren't for the songs I'd miss, oh
Youth is wasted on the young, ohh
Ohh oohh oh oh oh oh
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Derivative mediocrity 
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Been done.
Posted 5 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
A very danceable shoe tapping tune.  With echoes of Amy McDonald and Sinead Lohan. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Concrete Blonde or Romeo Void.

The Smiths?  Hmmmm.... not in my humble opinion.
Posted 6 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

Seeing we are on a guessing game of sound alikes for these ones... I suggest Brian Molko of Placebo.

Looking at the singer on YouTube there is some similarity to vocal style and androgynous looks only she looks like a he and he looks like a she.

All fun and games - gives us something to do with our ears and brains.

Thanks BillG, more guessing games please

 
No sure it sound like them but the song sounds like something The Smiths would have written. 
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]

Seeing we are on a guessing game of sound alikes for these ones... I suggest Brian Molko of Placebo.

Looking at the singer on YouTube there is some similarity to vocal style and androgynous looks only she looks like a he and he looks like a she.

All fun and games - gives us something to do with our ears and brains.

Thanks BillG, more guessing games please!


Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 kurbowicz wrote:

dat bass line and tone and drums...

 
That's what I was thinking too.
Posted 6 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Awesome track
Posted 7 years ago by radioparadise155    [ Reply ]
 I was thinking 2:54 an English sister duo  Zep wrote:

Was thinking Concrete Blonde. 

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 potemkin wrote:
Reminiscent of early Cure.  Very nice

 
dat bass line and tone and drums...
Posted 8 years ago by kurbowicz    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

"Youth is wasted on the young...No atheists in foxholes...you only live once..."

Time to lay these hackneyed phrases to rest in eternal oblivion where they deserve to be... 

 
thank you for that, I concur
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Holy eighties Batman!
Posted 9 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:

Was thinking Concrete Blonde. 

 
You are correct.  Some Siouxsie in there as well.
Posted 10 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 potemkin wrote:
Reminiscent of early Cure.  Very nice
 
Was thinking Concrete Blonde. 
Posted 10 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
for me, it only stands out for the kitteh-guitar sounds in the backgraund :3
Posted 10 years ago by danucita    [ Reply ]
In a hail of pop cliches,
I sat there in a daze 
Posted 10 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
This would be a good song for Elaine, from Seinfeld to dance to. {#Dancingbanana}


{#Devil_pimp}
Posted 10 years ago by MsfStl    [ Reply ]
Reminiscent of early Cure.  Very nice
Posted 11 years ago by potemkin    [ Reply ]
fantastic
Posted 11 years ago by planet3one9    [ Reply ]
 Giselle62 wrote:
this was a  good song----i liked the lyrics they evoked the 80's and can relate to that line "...the songs i would miss..."

 
Yep. Very early Cure, Church, Depeche Mode. Where's my shoulder pads?
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Doin my best 80's dance moves..."The Carlton" etc..... {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 11 years ago by EarthMama    [ Reply ]
this was a  good song----i liked the lyrics they evoked the 80's and can relate to that line "...the songs i would miss..."
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
glad i found them! thanks bill!
Posted 11 years ago by gokceb    [ Reply ]
Youth is Wasted on the Young, recorded by a band named "Young" Galaxy.  Hmmmmm.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

I like quotes...i use them often...i forgot to add one i really realy hate..."life is too short"...only someone really ignorant says something like that...hate it.  Boredom is the bane of life for any intelligent sentient being...life is an ongoing battle vs boredom.
 
I agree, I always counter with "life is too long to......<insert subject>"
Posted 11 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

Good stuff! Has a vingtage feel.


Posted 11 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
Pretty good song and I also hear a bit of Amy MacDonald. I live in Vancouver and have never heard of these guys, thanks Bill.
 
Posted 11 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
this is coming on the heels of Silfersun Pickups.  Please, PLEASE tell me that THIS ONE is a woman vocalist.
Posted 11 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
I'm still chasing my youth.  My grown-up sons (and their wives) call it mid-life crisis, but what do they know?  They're just kids!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
If you like this, like I do, you'll like certain selections from The Benjamin Gate (disbanded 2003).
Posted 11 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
Not bad, sir!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Me like. 
Resembles Amy Macdonald Across the Nile and Love Love Love.  
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

I like quotes...i use them often...i forgot to add one i really realy hate..."life is too short"...only someone really ignorant says something like that...hate it.  Boredom is the bane of life for any intelligent sentient being...life is an ongoing battle vs boredom.
 
Good, but Albert Camus said it even better. Ever heard of an existential life? {#Drummer}
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Those who see axioms of life as hackneyed, cliches and worn out to the point of irrelevance only reflect their ignorance... I find books of quotations a great "dip-in" book...I can dip-in and read something short, pithy and poignant... It's almost like having a conversation with someone who has lived, read and thought about life... If you are so young that you have time to make all the mistakes and learn all the lessons on your own... well, I doubt anyone is that young..
The music OTOH is good... nice beat and I can dance to it...or stand about being cool and ponder the meaning of the lyrics... or simply dismiss them without consideration... women like guys who are dismissive and too cool to care...
   

 
Our "unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance" Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (Nobel Prize)
Posted 11 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Just for one acid-flecked moment, the word Smashmouth was on my mind, but then sanity prevailed.....naah.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Those who see axioms of life as hackneyed, cliches and worn out to the point of irrelevance only reflect their ignorance... I find books of quotations a great "dip-in" book...I can dip-in and read something short, pithy and poignant... It's almost like having a conversation with someone who has lived, read and thought about life... If you are so young that you have time to make all the mistakes and learn all the lessons on your own... well, I doubt anyone is that young..
The music OTOH is good... nice beat and I can dance to it...or stand about being cool and ponder the meaning of the lyrics... or simply dismiss them without consideration... women like guys who are dismissive and too cool to care...
   

 
I like quotes...i use them often...i forgot to add one i really realy hate..."life is too short"...only someone really ignorant says something like that...hate it.  Boredom is the bane of life for any intelligent sentient being...life is an ongoing battle vs boredom.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  we be dancing...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Oh man, at the opening I thought I was going to hear INXS, "Don't Change"...  ;-)
Posted 11 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Those who see axioms of life as hackneyed, cliches and worn out to the point of irrelevance only reflect their ignorance... I find books of quotations a great "dip-in" book...I can dip-in and read something short, pithy and poignant... It's almost like having a conversation with someone who has lived, read and thought about life... If you are so young that you have time to make all the mistakes and learn all the lessons on your own... well, I doubt anyone is that young..
The music OTOH is good... nice beat and I can dance to it...or stand about being cool and ponder the meaning of the lyrics... or simply dismiss them without consideration... women like guys who are dismissive and too cool to care...
   
Posted 11 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Call it hackneyed if you will, but they have the good taste to be quoting George Bernard Shaw.
Posted 11 years ago by lexica    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Good tune, but the title is a somewhat hackneyed phrase.  The lyrics are pretty good though - maybe someone will write a song called "Experience Is Wasted On The Old".
 
"Youth is wasted on the young...No atheists in foxholes...you only live once..."

Time to lay these hackneyed phrases to rest in eternal oblivion where they deserve to be... 
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Strong. I like this one. Not thrilled with the obvious song title, but still great stuff.
 
Good tune, but the title is a somewhat hackneyed phrase.  The lyrics are pretty good though - maybe someone will write a song called "Experience Is Wasted On The Old".
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I'm not ultra impressed by a band from today being able to replicate a tired sound from the bland 80s. There is a lot of music I DO like from that era, but this sound was so frequently used. Just am glad to hear it end...
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 TJS wrote:
I like it.  It's VERY Siouxsie and The Banshees.
 
Yes it is - thus the cure sound at the beginning as well, since Robert Smith used to be a Banshee at times.
Posted 11 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
Wow, I could swear this was The Cure in the first few measures....
 



..yah, bass is very reminiscent of "A Forest"..coolness (x2)..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Thought it was Amy Macdonald. Is it?
 
Yes very very similar ... but still a good sound...
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
I agree with the title, but done care for the song.....
Posted 12 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 Byronape wrote:

Oh, how I loved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Ironically, my first e-book that I ordered was the complete series.  I always thought it amusing seeing as how the Guide itself was an e-book before e-books were invented.
 
Crap, now I have to buy a kindle just so I can buy the guide
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
wait...NOT the Cranberries?  Interesting....
Posted 12 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
I like it.  It's VERY Siouxsie and The Banshees.
Posted 12 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
let's do the time warp again
Posted 12 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Thought it was Amy Macdonald. Is it?
 
Me too.  Like it a lot.
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
lyrics
Posted 12 years ago by incidental    [ Reply ]
Excellent
Posted 12 years ago by blofeld    [ Reply ]
Thought it was Amy Macdonald. Is it?
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
This reminds me of a sketch in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the Heart of Gold is about to be destroyed and Zaphod Beeblebrox and friends decide to hold a seance to ask their ancestors for help, and one of their ancestors dismissively says "life is wasted on the living".

That was a pointless side excursion. We now return you to your usual it sucks/blows/rocks comments :o)
 
Oh, how I loved Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Ironically, my first e-book that I ordered was the complete series.  I always thought it amusing seeing as how the Guide itself was an e-book before e-books were invented.
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 Sweet_Virginia wrote:
Florence and the Machine next?
 
I'll let you know....

Nope'''.... Peter Gabriel
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Florence and the Machine next?
Posted 12 years ago by Sweet_Virginia    [ Reply ]
Wow, I could swear this was The Cure in the first few measures....
Posted 12 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
This reminds me of a sketch in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the Heart of Gold is about to be destroyed and Zaphod Beeblebrox and friends decide to hold a seance to ask their ancestors for help, and one of their ancestors dismissively says "life is wasted on the living".

That was a pointless side excursion. We now return you to your usual it sucks/blows/rocks comments :o)
 
Pointless comments like this are what makes this whole deal worth reading. Thanks, Fred!
Posted 12 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of a sketch in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the Heart of Gold is about to be destroyed and Zaphod Beeblebrox and friends decide to hold a seance to ask their ancestors for help, and one of their ancestors dismissively says "life is wasted on the living".

That was a pointless side excursion. We now return you to your usual it sucks/blows/rocks comments :o)
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Strong. I like this one. Not thrilled with the obvious song title, but still great stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
hmm. i think i like it.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I liked before I read the song title, too.
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
wow. did i just step back into the 80's?
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
'k. Not bad. I'm a sucker for a strong bass line.
Posted 12 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]