Hi, Ellenpoly: Sorry I wasn't clear in my posting. I recognized the opening statement as Kendall's, not yours. You and I are completely in agreement, and I appreciated your post.

Funny thing about life experience. It doesn't begin at thirty. It wasn't that long ago that I tried to help my sons go through the rapids of their teenage and early twenties years, and if that isn't a life experience, I don't know what is. The fact that people are confused at that age and are trying to make sense out of new emotions doesn't in any way minimize the validity of their experiences. Love IS confusing. Sometimes even for geezers. Having been a teenager in the 50's, the future and the problems it held were far less threatening than they are now. At least the exterior of life was a lot more comprehendable. Did I want a vanilla coke, or a cherry coke, and who was better, Perry Como or Pat Boone? You saw life as getting out of high school or college, getting a job, finding the right girl for you, marrying and having kids, driving a big new car, owning a home and when you got old, you could rely on social security and a pension to make retirement something to look forward to. Those days are gone for kids today. I know that if I was a teenager in times like these, I would have been completely overwhelmed. And for teenagers, and kids in their twenties, music has always been an important part of trying to make sense out of their lives. I don't have the same concerns as teenagers, and some of the confusion is thankfully, dimly remembered.

What I want to know is why teenagers don't write songs that really are about life experiences. Why aren't they singing songs about important issues like what will happen when medicare runs out and the cost of prescription drugs. I don't hear any songs about how my back aches when I get up in the morning. Or even about how to make my lawn look good. Life is a cycle, and most of us are in the spin dry setting, now.

Jerry.. rapidly approaching geezerdom