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Beat's recommended playlist for all of your musical needs.
Catharsis
Music is probably the most popular kind of art. Practically everyone listens to music, whereas other forms of art, such as literature and visual arts, are somewhat more niche. Even people who engage with visual arts or narratives admit to not always understanding it.
By Ida Stokbaek5 years ago in Beat
Anthems Of Anarchy
I was always somewhat of a “troubled teen”, as they say. My family life was turbulent at best, and friends were mostly a no-go. Being the weird kid is “cool” nowadays, but back in my day (insert old man shaking cane) it just made you an outcast.
By The Creative Chimera 5 years ago in Beat
Oh The Angst
How do you begin to weave music into feelings that speak to you and capture those urges that are bursting in a teen? Let’s admit it, for the majority of us, love and sex were what we were obsessed with. How much time did I spend staring at the girls with the shear shorts or cheerleading uniforms on? For me that gave me the most anxiety. For those of us that music filled our void of belonging, many songs made us think that getting love or laid was possible. Being 56 now, my music is older and because of my dad, I also listened to music that he enjoyed as a teen. My playlist is varied and extensive. I can’t list all I love because it would take days to write. I gravitated to mellow music and the only “hard” stuff came from Rush and Yes mostly if you can call that hard. Being a fat below average looking kid pushed me to listen to music. I did have a singing talent though and was accepted by audition to the Durham Boys Choir. That training would take me to sing in school choirs and I ended up being the only male soprano in junior high. Loving music with high and falsetto voices appealed to me because of this. While these things made me confident in some ways, the angst was still there with the desires of a teen. Here is a sample of my youth songs and how they spoke to me.
By Andy Cheek5 years ago in Beat
Up, Down, Up: A Song List
J ust like everyone else on the planet, I was lucky enough to grow up during the best years of music. My adolescence began with the millenium and involved headbanging, crying and finally dancing through the decade. These are the songs that helped to make me, or perhaps helped me to survive becoming me.
By TheSpinstress 5 years ago in Beat
This one is for the Loners . Runner-Up in Melodic Milestone Playlist Challenge.
You are the black girl that sits alone during lunch time every day. You don't speak much, and not at all if you're not addressed. You don't know where you fit in, and don't know how you got to that point. Maybe it was easier that way, because it didn't feel like you were trying so hard to be someone you weren't. Along the way you lost yourself. Socially awkward and perplexed with overwhelming anxiety. You sit outside alone at lunch scribbling song lyrics and drawings in your Moleskine sketchbook hoping that time will pass by faster. You silently hope that your life will get better because at that moment, everything is shrouded in hopelessness. In your eyes is sadness, brown orbs begging for help. No one looks your way, so you translate the desperation in your drawings and written words. Your art and writing speak for you
By Esmoore Shurpit5 years ago in Beat
My Angst Playlist
Who remembers Napster? I mean the real Napster, where the music was unlimited and free for you to download. Every night I would pick seven songs to download and let them run all night on my computer, internet was a lot slower then, then I would wake up early and burn a new cd to listen to on the way to school. It was the ultimate expression of rebellion, and that is why after only a few short years they shut it down. But over those years I found and downloaded music I would never have had otherwise. Sure, know I know that it was bad, piracy and all that. But as the aforementioned angsty teenager it was almost a form of self-expression. As an homage to the short-lived Napster rebellion here is a short list of teenage angst songs from my youth.
By Gray Beard Nerd5 years ago in Beat
My Actual Teen Angst Playlist
When I was 15, I was very proud of my gigantic library of .mp3s from LimeWire stored on my trusty iPod classic. My friends called it the brick, and a brick it was. I would throw that thing into my backpack that was littered with broken colored pencils, composition notebooks, and silly bandz. It may have been dented and abused, but it never stopped working.
By Liv Pasquarelli5 years ago in Beat
Exploring My Teen Angst Using Overused Music Stock Photos
When I graduated from fifth form, my school organized a dance for everyone in my year to celebrate the momentous occasion. The idea of this event terrified me because my name and 'dancing' really shouldn't be anywhere near each other, but I went anyway for fear of missing out on "the time of my life." Awkwardly wobbling about in 6-inch heels, I made my way to the Hilton hotel, clad in a bedazzled peach gown that I most definitely didn't have the chest for. I prepared myself to have a glorious night, or at the very least, pretend that I did. However, when I arrived, I spent the evening subjected to death glares from another girl in my year, someone I had spoken to maybe once or twice in the five years that I had attended secondary school. Coincidentally, we had worn the same dress: mine in brilliant peach and hers in an illustrious grey. Different colours, but still self-evidently the same dress.
By Laquesha Bailey5 years ago in Beat
The Judged Whirlwind of Adolescence
I have been working with children for over two years now and the patience I take pride in is fading like Elliot on the operating table after the government separated, he and E.T. The age group I work with is mostly pre-teens and teens. My job offers a lot of unhelpful trainings. They got one right with the “What’s Up With Teens? Understanding Typical Adolescent Development” training through Vibrant Emotional Health. It made me realize that I never fully comprehended the extent and severity of the chaos of the teenage mind, especially when I was submerged under that chaos. You are lacking so much and gaining so much all at once that your mind and body is on overload.
By Jada Ferguson5 years ago in Beat
