MY LIFE - 50 For My 50th Day 06: "Teenage Wildlife" by David Bowie and more songs about how I felt in high school

For an explanation of "50 For My 50th", go here - http://oldermusicgeek.blogspot.com/2013/08/entertainment-50-for-my-50th-50-days-of.html

Warning: The post for the next couple of weeks will be dark and get darker. I had some issues in my life. But like any good story, our hero has to go through his trials and tribulations before he triumphs. I triumped I have.

This song I felt captured a lot of the problems I had in high school as a big nerd. I love this song so much, it actually inspired me to write a short story back in the days when I dreamed of being a writer (before I realized how much freaking work that took!).

And with the school shootings and such that have happened, I think this song resonates even more today.

So even though I already did the whole high school thing yesterday, I wanted to include this song too!

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vn2SencrSL_0ujzefX_Bfc_j-KJhKJzSUTDJi3CiQs8/edit?usp=sharing

A playlist including "Teenage Wildlife":

MY LIFE - 50 For My 50th Day 05: "Caught In The Crowd" by Kate Miller-Heidke and other songs that describe my school days

For an explanation of "50 For My 50th", go here - http://oldermusicgeek.blogspot.com/2013/08/entertainment-50-for-my-50th-50-days-of.html

Warning: The post for the next couple of weeks will be dark and get darker. I had some issues in my life. But like any good story, our hero has to go through his trials and tribulations before he triumphs. I triumphed I have.

In school, I was a big, shy, quiet nerd. Know it's hard to believe. The quiet, shy part obviously, not the nerd part!

So this song really touches me. It actually made me teary-eyed the first time I heard it. But the sad thing is that I was on both sides of this story and did the same thing.

But I don't regret my nerd past. It wasn't always fun, but a number of good things came out. I realized that it's okay, and actually a lot of fun, to get excited about stuff, even stuff other people don't get! And it taught me to sympathesize and appreciate society's rejects and underdogs.

So I wear my nerd badge proudly!

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vn2SencrSL_0ujzefX_Bfc_j-KJhKJzSUTDJi3CiQs8/edit?usp=sharing




A playlist featuring "Caught In The Crowd" and other songs that I feel captured my experience during my school days.

Click the link below to listen to my montrosity of a playlist, OlderMusicGeek's 50th B-Day, on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/127676752/playlist/1bRKV8LHJIL3JQih1ZSq76

MY LIFE: Some things are better left on your childhood!

Heard this song earlier today! Hadn't heard it since I was a kid! Wished it had stayed that way!

http://www.last.fm/music/Bo+Donaldson+&+The+Heywoods/_/Billy,+Don't+Be+A+Hero

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