Was the band My Chemical Romance on to something with their 2007 song Teenagers?

They said all teenagers scare the living sh*$ out of me

Before you classify the lyric as trite, you should know the album on which this song was featured was nominated for a Grammy for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package.  I did not have time to research what that means exactly… (as today is the first day of Summer 2010 and my children will soon be singing the “I’m Bored” aria from the opera, “What Are We Doing Today? We Never Get To Do Anything!”. To me, winning a Grammy For Best Boxed or Special Edition Package sounds like saying to a Chef,  ”The veal was fine, but the plates you served it on where SOOOOO pretty!”  However, I’d take a Grammy for anything so I shouldn’t scoff.  (2011 Grammys: “And the award for Best Pretend Name of an Album and Featured Musical Piece In a Blog To Provide Humour and Poke Fun At Her Children Goes To….Jill”  {crowd goes wild} )

But I digress. What’s new?

Working as  a Personal Trainer at the gym, I get to know lots of teens.  Despite the fact that I do love My Chemical Romance’s song, I am actually impressed with the kids.  I had a lovely chat with Katharine from the Lacrosse team about her love of Broadway.  She has seen Spring Awakening six times (!) Inspiring to see a young person with love of culture.

Ellen LISTENED in Science class; (knew the difference between adduction and abduction & supinating and pronating). Jillian makes straight A’s and has her pick of Ivy League schools.  Kylie has gotten the majority of her Lacrosse team in to Zumba.  Juliana works full-time & LOVES working out. Jordan even came to the gym to get her workout in at 8am last week before one of her finals. Even the wrestler boys hold the door for adults.  (And you know how WRESTLERS are~ situated somewhere  on the Human Evolution scale between primordial ooze and Cro-Magnan Man…..((((smile and wave to my cute husband, the former wrestler)))))

Tomorrow’s radio guest is Gabby Londe, who became a YouTube sensation with her simple musings and made “Where’s the Chaptsick?” a household phrase for the 20 and under crowd.  In my communications with her thus far she seems a very nice, comfortable-in-her-own-skin, positive person.  I am looking forward to chatting with her even more now.

Sure, they drive too fast, listen to the music too loudly, text incessantly, scream OMG every two seconds… but a lot of adults that do that, too.

Teens, you might win me over yet.

Jill

Only six MILLION views, countless knock-offs, people are downloading ringtones of this. …

Here’s Gabby, a graduate of Joplin High School in Missouri and her original song.

1pm EST on Toginet.com

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