Last Song Syndrome: Peter, Bjorn and John - "Young Folks" (2006)

Frack it. Couldn't get the damn thing out of my head. See, my girlfriend and I have been catching up on our Gossip Girl episodes. Which is a really swell show- it's like this season's The O.C., Dawson's Creek, Beverly Hills 90210, Dynasty or Falcon Crest, depending on what year you were born.

In fact, TV.com hailed it as 2007's Best Guilty Pleasure- and, yeah, the title seems very deserving. In any case, I've recently compiled some songs from a soundtrack listing I posted another time, and loaded it into my player. And this song just goes on and on in my head.

I've been whistling the damn thing all week, and I hope I can get it out of my system by blogging about it. Not that it's a bad song- it's actually a very cool song- it's just that it drives some people crazy because some of my colleagues are now whistling the thing without even knowing the song.

Yeah, it's that catchy.

"Young Folks" was the very first song used on the very first Gossip Girl episode- where it sets the scene in the Upper East Side train station and Serena comes back into town, and Dan and her sister meets up with their Dad, etc. I didn't care much for the lyrics until about my third listen- and then everything just made sense for the whole show- the song being so appropriate just made it all the more cool.

So here we are, from me to all you fellow Gossip Girl fans: Peter, Bjorn and John's "Young Folks", plus the accompanying YouTube vid from not too long ago (2006).

Peter, Bjorn and John
featuring Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes.
"Young Folks" (2006)

If I told you things I did before
Told you how I used to be
Would you go along with someone like me ?
If you knew my story word for word
Had all of my history
Would you go along with someone like me?

I did before and had my share
It didn't lead nowhere
I would go along with someone like you
It doesn't matter what you did
Who you were hanging with
We could stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

Usually when things has gone this far
People tend to disappear
No one would surprise me unless you do
I can tell there's something goin' on
Hours seem to disappear
Everyone is leaving I'm still with you

It doesn't matter what we do
Where we are going to
We can stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

(repeat)

Talking only me and you

Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you


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Cheers, everyone!