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For many people, the age of seventeen is awkward and riddled with angst. There are pressures and worries that seem so trivial looking back when you're older. But at that unpleasant and uncertain age life can be very troublesome. So Janis Ian wraps up that angst so well in what has become one of the best songs ever written. The lyrics are a masterpiece, and lend themselves to people of different races, backgrounds, colour, and even gender. Even males can relate to the feelings of unfairness and desperation. Quite simply a shining example of how to mix clever lyrics sung wi… read more
For many people, the age of seventeen is awkward and riddled with angst. There are pressures and worries that seem so trivial looking back when you&… read more
For many people, the age of seventeen is awkward and riddled with angst. There are pressures and worries that seem so trivial looking back when you're older. But at that unpleasan… read more

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Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recording into the twenty-first century. In 1975 Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen". Born Janis Eddy Fink on 7th April 1951 to a Jewish family in New York City, she was primarily raised in New Jersey, initially on a farm, and attended East Orange High School and the New York City High School of Music & Art. Her parents, Victor (a music teacher) and Pearl, ran a summer camp … read more
Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recordi… read more
Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recording into the twenty-first century. In 1975 Ian … read more

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