Mark Wills - 19 Somethin'...Classic or Dud, y'all?

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I wish we talked about mainstream country on ILM the way we talk about pop. This song is now #1 on the US country charts, so if you listen to any country radio, you've probably heard it. I personally find it irresistable despite its being kinda formulaic.

It was nineteen eighty something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
And looking back now I can see me
And, oh man, did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothing
Ah, it was nineteen eighty something

Mark doesn't really write his own lyrics but he gets some good material to work with. You may remember his awful cover of "Back To One."

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm now trying to imagine various other people reworking those lyrics in their own styles. Seems like a perfect Strokes song.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 January 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I always heard the "oh man, did I look cheesy" line as "oh man, did I love TV"

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:02 (twenty years ago)

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