Tuesday, November 30, 2010

MGMT's lyrics tell My (Generation's) Story

MGMT, an electronic inspired indie band that originated with two Wesleyan University students, has not only created a new sound in the music scene, but the words for my inbetween generation: 18-22 year olds.

As we juggle trying to find our place in society, pick our futures, pass class and land internships, our true voice and aspirations have been lost in a distant memory. The dreams we had as children have been left far behind, like a toy you've grown too old to be seen with.

The song Time To Pretend, along with a raw dreamlike sound, voices the concerns with growing older and losing the thought-free dreams of our youth. I first heard this song going into my freshmen year of college. It said everything that I was feeling at the time in the words I couldn't articulate myself.

The opening lines: "I'm feelin rough I'm feelin raw in the prime of my life" fully explained the anxious feeling I woke up with every morning for a whole semester. These words, simple and straight to the point, hit me like a big yellow school bus (pardon the Mean Girls reference). Here I was away on my own at college. I could make my own rules. I could be doing anything I wanted.I began to realize that I need to follow my dreams-no matter how impossible the outcome.

MGMT's lyrics also match up perfectly with the beat and tone of the music. The pace of Time To Pretend is very fast and and the lyrics give the feeling of someone grasping on to something that they don't want to lose.

Whether the meaning I interpreted was the intention of the artists or not, this single song impacted one of the biggest transitions of my life. I think it is important for every generation to have a artist that can provide a mass voice for what they are feeling.

The lyrics of this song gave me my voice back and my thirst for writing.

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