Friday, 16 January 2026

Birthday Alert

Before we get into today's post, a quick reminder for anyone planning to submit an entry for Pun Fun 3 who has not yet done so. The deadline is this Sunday (18 January). All the details are in last Monday's post.

We now return to our scheduled programme. 

This blog turns 17 tomorrow. I didn't want to wait until then to mention it as it would just disappear beneath Rol's Saturday Snapshots, Charity Chic's Saturday Shuffle, Swiss Adam's Oblique Saturdays etc. I need a bit of attention on my blog birthday and this is the only hope of getting any.

"Sweety Seventeen" - Behroze Chatterjee

"Only Seventeen" - Nina Hagen

"Seventeen" - Tomberlin

Here are some more 17ers with a song whose message is sadly at least as relevant today as when it was first recorded 45 years ago (and one that hopefully would have warned Liesl off Rolf had it been around back in 1938).   

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10 comments:

  1. Charity Chic16 January 2026 at 08:31

    Wishing you the opposite of belated blog birthday greetings!

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  2. George16 January 2026 at 09:20

    No Ladytron?

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  3. C16 January 2026 at 09:25

    Happy blog birthday, a great age!
    I'm reminded of Saint Etienne's 'When I Was Seventeen':
    When I was seventeen
    My heart and head were full of brilliant dreams
    Assembled in the light of a day
    That seems so far away...

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  4. Anonymous16 January 2026 at 11:00

    And what of Winger? Shurely hair metal is right up Goggins Lane?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlN3oEjMpUQ

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  5. Walter16 January 2026 at 14:41

    Congrats to your blog birthday and keep on doing your great work. What about with Janis Ian
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUz2TNMvL0

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  6. Swiss Adam16 January 2026 at 16:19

    Happy 17th blog birthday Ernie, a momentous age. Sharon van Etten's Seventeen is a killer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sTHoeH0eA

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  7. The Swede16 January 2026 at 17:47

    Happy blog birthday Ernie. Since everyone else is chipping in a tune, here's mine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJcz8tpxd70&list=RDeJcz8tpxd70&start_radio=1

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  8. Spence17 January 2026 at 01:24

    Congratulations. 17 years is some achievement! Smart arse me was wondering when The Regents were going to get a mention but........doh! 7 Teen. Hadn't heard of Tomberlin but really liked that track of hers you posted. Here's to your next 17!

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  9. Rol17 January 2026 at 15:02

    Happy blogbirthday. Sorry I'm behind the times as usual. Will get cracking with a Pun Fun entry soon.

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