My daughter graduated high school today. I’m going to write about that. Not here, but soon. I’ve got some things to say about her, about graduation, and about people in general. (And now that post is done. You can read it here.)
But all that can wait for a day or two. Right now I’m thinking about music. Specifically the music that we try to attach to high school graduation, which is one of the first child-adult transitions we all experience. So it’s no surprise that we look for songs that artfully explain what we’re feeling during that time.Some songs do it well. Some songs don’t. And some songs make us wonder if the kids who chose it as their class graduation song learned anything in school.I begin with the horrifically sappy song that played over the school PA system either on the last day of high school or the last day of junior high, I can’t remember which. This is about high school graduation though, so I’m going to lie and say that I vividly remember it playing over the speakers as we finished our last day of high school.[placegallery]PREVIOUS POST: Tomorrow May Surprise MeIF YOU LIKED THIS POST I BET YOU'LL ALSO LIKE: 8 Sad Songs too Beautiful to Avoid+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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