Wikipedia: "Hey Nineteen" is a song by the band Steely Dan from their album Gaucho (1980). According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover".
The lyrics are about a man in his early thirties contemplating a romantic encounter with a nineteen year-old with whom he has nothing in common. For example, she does not recognize a song by "'Retha Franklin". The song closes with the ambiguous line, "The Cuervo Gold, the fine Colombian, make tonight a wonderful thing," again emphasizing their age difference - when this song was written tequila was less popular among college-aged drinkers, and Colombian cannabis which in his college days was prized for its aroma and flavor was being replaced by Sinsemilla varieties valued primarily for their potency - and the listener is left to decide whether the narrator is drinking and smoking with her, or if he is in fact alone and thinking of days gone by.
• Hey Nineteen
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17 окт 2024
