“Hey Nineteen,” in Context

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I’m obsessed with calculating the equivalent years-difference between experiences people have had in different eras or generations (for example, my Mom’s “Time After Time” is my “Piña Colada Song”). Always have been. If pop culture has had the effect on you that it has on me, you probably do this, too.

But, if getting a little older has made you as intensely aware of these differences as it has me, you may enjoy some informal data on a song about this very topic: “Hey Nineteen,” a song written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagan from their 1980 Steely Dan album, Gaucho. Wikipedia says:

The song’s primary theme is generational differences. Most troublingly to the narrator, his companion is too young to “remember the Queen of Soul”, Aretha Franklin.

So there you go. I added a few hasty guesses on likely contemporaneous music (and added Tinysong links for each). I may work on it more later, but I think this gives you the gist: one gal’s “Glow Worm” is another gal’s “Pop that Pussy.”