We're Not Young and Getting Old(er)

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In 2012, Yahoo!’s SketchY comedy series released a song parody of fun.’s We Are Young called We’re Not Young.  The parody is brilliant, funny, and heart wrenching all at the same time.  I analyze the lyrics and talk about getting older.

Here’s the video: https://www.yahoo.com/news/video/sketchy-were-not-young-130000362.html 

Info about the song: https://www.yahoo.com/music/blogs/stop-the-presses/not-young-parody-video-feels-love-201900885.html 

 

And the breakdown:

-My friend Erin lost her apartment due to a fire and she is accepting donations to get back on her feet.  Please visit her GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things 

-What this is

-Yahoo!’s SketchY Comedy

-What gave me the idea for this subject

-The song in my head

-What this song is about

-The relatable lyrics

-The actors in the sketch

-Lyric by lyric

-Friends who are parents

-The first time I held by nephew

-Dinner parties as an adult

-My parents’ dinner parties

-Waiting to buy a diamond ring

-Marriage and divorce

-Commitment

-Settling

-Certain traps in life

-Dating

-Loneliness

-Post college

-Post acting

-A viable backup plan

-If I could do it again

-Once in a Lifetime by The Talking Heads

-My work in customer service

-How did I get here?

-Unfulfilling jobs

-Depression and anxiety

-Traffic on Long Island

-What you don’t want

-“So if by the time that I’m 40, and I’m still a waiter here . . . “

-Subtext of “want”

-Worthlessness and unfulfillment

-Youthful enthusiasm and naïveté

-Changing the world

-Sleep

-Finding purpose

-Gaining weight

-Looking at a computer all day

-Sitting at a desk

-Working at a restaurant compared to a cubicle

-Eating healthy and preparing food

-Yoga class

-Working out

-Things you hate taking time from the things you like

-Bored

-Romanticizing the past

-I’ll never be bored again

-Tired by Friday night

-Monday through Friday

-Staff drinks

-Saturday night!

-Sunday Night Dread

-Distracted

-Words With Friends

-The bad part about smart phones

-My own short, “Distracticon” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awgkEILKno 

-TV

-Facebook is calling you

-Validation

-Getting your prostate checked?!?!?

-Back to anxiety and depression

-Responsibilities

-Apply to grad school

-Yoga teacher training

-Real Estate: Where actors go to die

-Improv class and plays 

-Drinking problems, drug problems and DWIs

-Blood Alcohol Level

-Health insurance

-Obamacare

-Dentists

-Doing things I want to do

-Freaking out

-Accomplishments

-Pursuing my passion

-Plugs!

-https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things  

Please donate to Erin, a frequent guest on this podcast as well as one of my closest friends.  She lost her apartment due to a fire and is current accepting donations so she can get back on her feet.  Thanks everyone!

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