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The Kids Aren't Alright
"The Kids Aren't Alright" is the fourth single from The Offspring's album Americana. Its title is an allusion to the Who song/documentary "The Kids Are Alright" (from My Generation).
Meaning and Composition
The lyrics are inspired by a visit Dexter Holland made to his old neighborhood, Garden Grove in Orange County, California. Seeing that most of his friends met tragedy (car accident, nervous breakdown), he wrote the song, that details the ruined lives of a group of childhood friends. The four kids -- Jamie, Mark, Jay, and Brandon -- all had the potential to have extraordinary lives but each of them ending up throwing it away in a different fashion (Jamie got pregnant and dropped out of high school to raise children, Mark stays home playing guitar and smoking marijuana, Jay committed suicide, and Brandon "OD'D and died").
This fits well with the concept of the album: unpleasant realities of American life. In this case, children are promised they are growing up to a future of unlimited potential, but in reality, most of that potential is never realized.
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iStipek (2 days ago)
The lyrics are true: when you're a kid, you think your every friend and most of people you know are gonna make it in life, but only some of them actually do. Funny how you can only 'get it' when you grow up.
Tinchen666 (2 days ago)
You got the point. When i look back today i wonder where all those people have gone which i used to know in my childhood days. It's frightning when you find out that most of those guys didn't make it and are now spending live in smoking shit and sitting at without work and anything to get.
iStipek (2 days ago)
Tinchen666: I know what you mean. Looking at some of my classmates now, I see them being total loosers. It's sad, really, because when we were kids, they seemed so special and with a lot of potential.
Oftewel: laten we kinderen in een illusie opgroeien dat alles zo geweldig is? Wat gaat er mis? Doen we iets fout?