Anthems for a Sixteen Year-Old Girl

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I need a bit of mixtape help here. I'm making a tape for a friend of mine who's turning sixteen soon, and I'd like to include a few songs about being sixteen, or turning sixteen, etc. I've already got "Sixteen Blue," "Sixteen Candles," and "Half a Person" but I'd like a few more. Any suggestions? Nothing too sleazy, pleazy.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Friday, 2 December 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Christine Sixteen = too sleazy?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 3 December 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 3 December 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)

The only thing that comes to mind is "Sixteen Going On Seventeen," which is probably not sleazy *enough*.

― goodoldneon (goodoldneon), Saturday, 3 December 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Sixteen Reasons Why I Love You!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 3 December 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Iggy Pop, "Sixteen" (just enough sleaze...)
Buzzcocks, "16"

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 3 December 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

Sonic's Rendevouz: Sweet Little 16... (Sorry, I think that's the least sleazy one that I've got. There just aren't songs about 16-year-old girls that aren't about fucking them... And wait, why are you givin' her a mix tape? Creep!)

― js (honestengine), Saturday, 3 December 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

Billy Idol's "Sweet Sixteen," although that is a little skeevy ("I would do anything/For my sweet sixteen").

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Saturday, 3 December 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

You come on like a dream,
Peaches and cream
Lips like strawberry wine...

OK, so that's sleazy too. Why is it less acceptable now to write sexy songs about 16-year-olds than it was in the Eisenhower era?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 3 December 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

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