What is the best song written by the youngest artist?

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Soft and Wet by Prince
I Luv U by Dizzee Rascal... these come to mind immediately. Whatta you got?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh and Fingertips by Stevie.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:20 (twenty years ago)

jack names the planets by ash

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Not familiar with that. What is it and how old?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:23 (twenty years ago)

From Ash's first album, right? I'm guessing that was like '96 or '97.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:27 (twenty years ago)

And I'm pretty certain the band were in their teens.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:27 (twenty years ago)

Did Jordy write his track?

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:30 (twenty years ago)

Jordy was the first person who came to mind when I saw the title. Ha!

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:32 (twenty years ago)

Aphex Twin's first Ambient Works album implies that some of the songs were written when he was 14.

MES was 18 when the Fall started.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:43 (twenty years ago)

I think Aphex Twin is full of it.

Undertones to thread.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:51 (twenty years ago)

mozart to thread, perhaps?

― Symplistic (shmuel), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:52 (twenty years ago)

i think mendelssohn's work at ages 16-17 trumps anything that mozart did when he was younger.

― lemin (lemin), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:58 (twenty years ago)

How about Aztec Camera?

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:04 (twenty years ago)

"We Could Send Letters", for example.

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:18 (twenty years ago)

Mmmbop Running Time: 4:27 Written by: I. Hanson, T. Hanson, Z. Hanson

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 1 October 2004 11:25 (twenty years ago)

tubular fuckin' bells

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 1 October 2004 12:19 (twenty years ago)

I like Minga's side of "Eye Love Minga," which was "written" and recorded when she was 10 months old...

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 1 October 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago)

silverchair, obviously. hehehe

― drew, Friday, 1 October 2004 14:18 (twenty years ago)

i think rachmaninoff was like 18 or 19 when he wrote prelude in c# minor, good song

― mattp, Friday, 1 October 2004 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't someone from Old Skull post here occasionally?

― dave q, Friday, 1 October 2004 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah but they did a faithful cover of "Mary Had A Little Lamb," remember?

Whiskeytown to thread

some would argue that some of the early Bright Eyes material is actually somewhat advanced for such a young guy, too

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:30 (twenty years ago)

some would argue that some of the early Bright Eyes material is actually somewhat advanced for such a young guy, too

others would argue that it's unlistenable crap.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Suzanne Vega wrote the basic melody for Tom's Diner when she was 8 or 9. It shows, but it's also one of the most brilliant hooks of all time.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Frankie Lymon, age 13, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."

― briania (briania), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:41 (twenty years ago)

I'm not a huge fan or anything but wasn't Paul Weller like, 14, when he formed the Jam?

― everything, Friday, 1 October 2004 14:42 (twenty years ago)

cuz - I agree, Bright Eyes = quite unlistenable. But, he wrote some of Fevers and Mirrors when he was, like, 17 or something, right? Objectively speaking, musically and lyrically, I think he was writing beyond his years

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Homeless
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Homeless
Homeless
Homeless
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Homeless
People that don't have homes
I look in their eyes
I see sadness
They don't have enough money to pay the rent
Because they don't have good enough jobs.
Why don't they have good enough jobs?
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH EDUCATION!
WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH EDUCATION?
BECAUSE OF WAR DEBT!
I HATE YOU RONALD REAGAN!

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 1 October 2004 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Surely Tommy James & Shondells deserve mention. TJ was like 13 when they cut "Hanky Panky" which they didn't write, but must have still been pretty young by the time of classics like "Mirage" and stuff.

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 October 2004 15:02 (twenty years ago)

He was not 13!

― Didoismus (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Various reggae guys: Dennis Brown; Hugh Mundell (both 13-14); Jimmy Cliff (12!)

― Didoismus (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago)

PASS THE DUTCHIE

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago)

wuthering heights.

― Pete W (peterw), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago)

He was too!
It wasn't nationally released until a few years later, but I swear to gosh he was 13 or 14 when they recorded it!
Or perhaps not, AMG is destroying the myth with facts! BOO!

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 October 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I think you're right, on reflection

― Didoismus (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:11 (twenty years ago)

i think fever and mirrors is a pretty great record considering Oberst was 17 or 18 when he made it, definitely. he's actually dropped off significantly in quality since then (just going by Lifted) so it might have been a fluke. but let's not turn this into a bright eyes thread.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago)

AMG says T.J. was born in 47, and "H.P." was recorded in '63, so he woulda been typical age by the time he co-wrote "Crimson & Clover" and "Crystal Blue Persuasion." I feel like the foundation of my life has been spirited away from beneath me.

― Huk-L, Friday, 1 October 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Let's turn this into an Old Skull thread.

(is sexy dancer quoting them? sounds like it could be)

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago)

"The Word" by The Junkyard Band

(also, I know its probably not true, but doesn't that one girl in Mum look like she's 12 oer 13?)

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago)

she was no mendelssohn, but debbie gibson's "only in my dreams" was pretty damn good.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Jackson Browne wrote some stuff for the first Nico album that some people (not me especially) seem to like - he was 16

― Didoismus (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago)

Randy California of Spirit - 15

― Didoismus (Dada), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Janis Ian wrote & recorded "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" at 14.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Elizabeth Cotten wrote "Freight Train" when she was 11. granted, she didn't record until she was 111, but still...

― BbetaA, Friday, 1 October 2004 15:35 (twenty years ago)

eleven years pass...

Best album by legal children?

Gonna start the bidding with Ulver - Bergtatt

― imago, Monday, 1 August 2016 09:59 (eight years ago)

I have our Alice on a vid on youtube inventing a song, she'd be about five. But I don't suppose that counts, right?

― Mark G, Monday, 1 August 2016 10:13 (eight years ago)

Ah, someone got to Janis Ian just before the revive. I'd nominate just about anything from her first couple albums (all pre-18 YO, and mostly amazing).

― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 August 2016 12:01 (eight years ago)

legal children

This phrasing really weirded me out at first.

If "legal children" is just anyone under 18 (or 21 in the States) then there will be a lot of contenders. I mean, hell, I started releasing stuff at 17. Or could you mean "age of criminal responsibility"? (This is 10 in the UK.)

― emil.y, Monday, 1 August 2016 12:33 (eight years ago)

Tony Williams needs mentioning in this thread. By the time he joined Miles Davis at 17, he'd already been a working pro for four years.

― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Monday, 1 August 2016 12:39 (eight years ago)

Laura Nyro's first album has "Wedding Bell Blues," "Stoney End," "And When I Die," and "Blowin' Away," all of which she apparently wrote at age 18 or less and all of which became massive hits for other artists

Laura Nyro went to the same high school as Janis Ian, they missed each other by one year

― Josefa, Monday, 1 August 2016 14:53 (eight years ago)

Crank Dat Soulja Boy obvs

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 1 August 2016 15:10 (eight years ago)

I did mean legally not an adult, so 18 in the UK, maybe 21 in the USA if we're feeling generous. All the Norwegian second-wave black metallers were like 17 but I don't know what the Norwegian age of adulthood is, assuming 18

― imago, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:11 (eight years ago)

Let's just say less than 18

― imago, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:11 (eight years ago)

Probably the one in that video called "This 13-Year-Old Just Blew Me Away With Her Lyrics!"

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 1 August 2016 15:14 (eight years ago)

A whole album?

― imago, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:18 (eight years ago)

Phil Spector wrote "To Know Him Is to Love Him" at no more than age 18 - it went #1 US/#2 UK

― Josefa, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:25 (eight years ago)

Justin Hayward wrote "Knights in White Satin" when he was 19. Pretty good! Good job 19 year old Justin Hayward.

― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Monday, 1 August 2016 15:27 (eight years ago)

wasn't walk away renee written by a teenage michael brown?

― dynamicinterface, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:30 (eight years ago)

I think that 3/4 of We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It were under 18 when Bostin' Steve Austin was released

― soref, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:47 (eight years ago)

Hey, Brits, just fyi: 18 is age of legal adulthood in US, as well.

― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 August 2016 15:48 (eight years ago)

Kate Bush was 13 when she wrote The Man With The Child In His Eyes. Think Stevie Wonder was like 15 when he wrote Uptight as well.

― Matt DC, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:50 (eight years ago)

Frankie Lymon, age 13, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."
― briania (briania), Friday, October 1, 2004 10:41 AM (11 years ago)

came to post this

― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 August 2016 15:51 (eight years ago)

the Kate Bush writing The Man With The Child In His Eyes when she was 13 thing is always astonishing to me (and apparently it was recorded when she was only 16, a couple of years before the rest of Never For Ever was taped?) I wonder if it was amended and redrafted at all, or if the version she wrote at 13 is the same as the version on the record?

― soref, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:55 (eight years ago)

Frankie Lymon, age 13, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love."

Probably actually written by Herman Santiago, who was 14; Lymon was given dubious credit on some releases

― Josefa, Monday, 1 August 2016 16:05 (eight years ago)

I believe so. You mean "The Kick Inside" ? xpost

― Mark G, Monday, 1 August 2016 16:05 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONIJXHvoynw

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 1 August 2016 16:06 (eight years ago)

^ never heard of this until it showed up in my spotify discover playlist today. officially freaked out.

― chad valley of the shadow of death (ledge), Monday, 1 August 2016 16:16 (eight years ago)

yeah it's great

― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 1 August 2016 16:25 (eight years ago)

Taylor Swift wrote "Our Song" for her freshman year high school talent show, so I guess about 14

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 1 August 2016 16:58 (eight years ago)

Also, Debbie Gibson was the sole credited writer, performer, and producer on #1 hit "Foolish Beat" at age 17

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:00 (eight years ago)

Suzanne Vega wrote "Silver Lady" when she was 14. A pretty good song that she still plays live occasionally.

― heaven parker (anagram), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:57 (eight years ago)

It's too bad he didn't write the song or Jordy would've won this one in a walk.

― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 August 2016 18:17 (eight years ago)

dunno how y'all feel but I think Ben Lee wrote some pretty solid pop-rock songs w/ Noise Addict when he was 14/15ish.

― alpine static, Monday, 1 August 2016 20:14 (eight years ago)

Alex Chilton "The Letter", think he was 16

― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Monday, 1 August 2016 22:02 (eight years ago)

chilton didn't' write that tho

― dynamicinterface, Monday, 1 August 2016 23:50 (eight years ago)

Mark Radice wrote 'Natural Morning' when he was 8 and recorded it in 1967 when he was 10. quality sunshine pop that could have been a hit in someone else's hands (Frankie Valli covered it the following year, but his recording was never issued)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keknvMXL3Oo

― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 00:20 (eight years ago)

the answer to this revive is the first Throwing Muses album

1st Donnas album is pretty good too

― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 00:23 (eight years ago)

Jimmy Webb was 19 when he wrote "By The Time I Get To Phoenix."

― henry s, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 18:24 (eight years ago)

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