Big Star
A teenage hangout anthem reduced to its essential ingredients: boredom, minor mischief, and the pleasure of doing nothing with…
adolescent boredom small-town restlessness friendship/companionship
Nirvana
Nirvana's 1991 breakthrough single is a rock anthem built on refusing to say anything anthemic. Over a four-chord riff that…
adolescent apathy and boredom the demand to be entertained self-loathing and self-sabotage