Stephen Wilson Jr. - Year to Be Young 1994 (Acoustic)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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Lyrics:
I must admit I felt the flame
Kurt Cobain, a Fender Mustang
MTV brought me up
"This is your brain on drugs”
I won’t forget that first girlfriend
That got me into Boy II Men
I grew up a lot that year
My sweatshirt said, “No Fear”…ha
My life was a stereo and it was everything
First one in line for the Last Dance With Mary Jane
Hiding in my headphones, laying on the bedroom floor
1994
Tell mom, “see ya later, don’t be blowin’ up my pager
When the show’s over I’ll come home
When that is, I don’t know…”
Teen spirit in the air before we all owned cellphones
Study hall passing notes, yes, no or I don’t care
When my life was a stereo and it was everything
Soundtrack, first kiss out at the roller rink
Hands held, two hearts falling on a hardwood floor
1994
1994
Think you know it all when you don’t know any better
Tell yourself you’re gonna live forever
Fire’s burning and I’m still holding the torch from 1994
A year to be, hey...a year to be young
A year to be, hey...a year to be young
A year to be, hey...a year to be young
My life was a stereo and it was everything
Soundtrack takes me back through all those memories
Hiding in my headphones, laying on the bedroom floor
It takes me back to the days when a song was worth so much more
1994
1994
1994
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Guy just snagged an entire geneartion in nostalgia ❤!
Absodamnlutely
I dont know about you guys but that tone he is getting outta that acoustic, is blended perfectly with his voice. Freaking awesome JR.
Takes me back to the days when a song was worth so much more…. Holy shit. You just made a grown man tear up. And I ain’t did that since my grandfather died. Absolutely beautiful man. Wow.
God damn it’s rare you hear something like this, a song that perfectly tells a different story to every person, and gets better the more you hear it.
I finished high school in 1995, and the nostalgia this song brings is amazing. The mid 90s were truly the last awesome years of being young. There was something about going out with friends and being completely untethered from anything else. You could truly just be in those moments. No emails, no cell phones, no social media. I count myself blessed to have been a teenager in those years. Great song. 👍🏼
Modern days sucks. I wish I could go back in time
Class of 99. I feel it brother.
2002 here and still had the good simple childhood
I completely agree with this! I was born in 79… times have changed so much and I fear for my children that are 4 and 2. Hopefully time does repeat itself for their sake
'95 grad
This dude is the product of one crazy night when Chris Cornell and Bruce Springsteen got to know each other in the carnal sense.
💗
I have been listening to this non stop for awhile. My son sings it around the house. Maybe some day he will remember the current year through a song where his son sings about 2024 around the house. This one gives me chicken skin. Boys 2 men. No Fear. It feels like the dude is singing about my life back then. That is what makes music great. It connects you to a person, place, or time.
Hauntingly beautiful and nostalgic. A masterpiece in songwriting and performance.
One of the best songs I’ve ever heard . Absolutely beautiful.
🤚Who else is here because you heard him on Stephen Colbert. I would have never heard this song if it wasn't for that show. I've been going through his songs and find them so relatable. I'm a black lady from Detroit and hip-hop is usually my wheelhouse but this dude is country and he's speaking to me more than any rap songs I've heard in a decade. Yeah I'm buying all these songs.
Love this
To be 19 again. Thanks for the trip back to 94.
He's got something really special right there. Thank you for Reminding me of my youth. Class of '94..
From Belfast, Northern Ireland- I was born in 1965, but this song still resonates with me. Incredible vocal, too. You have left me hungry for more. Thank you!!!
Makes me nostalgic for the 1990s, which I didn't think was possible under any circumstances whatsoever.
Same actually. Would never think in 1994 that I would be missing this year.
I was 14 in 94 can relate to the accuracy of this song, loved that lil nostalgic brief intro
I was 10th Grade in 94....this sound means so much to me.
“….Hidin in my headphones on a bedroom floor… “ yep. That took me out. Absolutely beautiful from start to finish.
So much truth and so spot on to my childhood need more songs like this!!!!!
Probably the 5th time I've watched this. Tremendous.
There are no words. The nostalgia is too much. But the line he said “when a song was so much more” nobody born in these last two nor the next generations will truly understand that statement
I don’t know when it happened. But music just doesn’t hit as hard nowadays as it did back then. This song though, left me in tears and brought that back. Thank you 🙏
I just keep watching and listening to this over and over again and each time it amazes me. The use of the lick from "Come As You Are" as the basis for the song, the marriage of Willie and Cobain in this song, it's just unreal.
I was 15 and living like I was invincible. What a time to grow up... Dirt bikes, girls, weed and bonfires in the woods!!!!
I saw cookoo in the background of a clip and search it out and then found this. Fak it’s great. Never liked country music but this transcends it.
Just found this song on Insta. Great song! I love this acoustic version
I was 14 in 1994, Nirvana was my favorite band and i was learning to play guitar. A year later i lost my virginity. Damn those were the good ol days, if only we knew we were in the good ol days when they were happening. Much love bro
Whoever mixed this incredible performance ....they absolutely nailed it ❤
1st time hearing this dude. What a great, fresh artist. Clear and clean. Just awesome
Brother… you wrote our anthem!
A couple times a year I get blessed w a song that really moves me... This is one of those songs. Ty
Stephan Williams jr, if your going on tour at some point, I wish to express that you should visit gatesville tx, because my father more than likely will come to watch you and you song "year to be young, 1994" he connects with to the point of crying and I wish to give him the joy of hearing it live because he likes it so much.
Just made my day, thanks for the awesome version of one of my all-time faves, sir
Damn my ears are tugging on my heart strings.
Song brings back soo many memories
I was a teenager 25 years before 1994, but your song hit me deep. There is still a part of me that feels the mystery, asks the questions, has the yearnings and fights the fears I had way back then. Thanks for this song. More folks my age need to listen to it.
Man, this song takes me WAAAAY back. I dont miss being a teenager, but I miss the 90s. I was 13 in 1994, and my stereo, walkman, and headphones were my life! Nirvana was also life!! 2 This song had me walking down memory lane for a bit. Back when life was simple. No internet/ social media, hell i remember when AOL was first released and the old modems!! I tell my daughter all the time Im older than the internet! I love this song, its one of my new faves! Im glad it came across my youtube. Keep the awesome songs coming! I also think you sound a bit like bruce springsteen!!🖤🖤
I was 13 in '94. I was the weird kid who read too many books and was into music way more than my peers. The line "hiding in my headphones on a bedroom floor", that was me.
30 years gone where did they go friends😢
So on the money. I can feel the 90s like it was yesterday through this song.
Favourite song at the moment ❤
That was a good year. I spent the summer at paris island south carolina.
Beautiful song and Beautiful voice...Thank you for you❤️
What a breath of fresh air!
His music hits you like a freight train … every note … every word …
He’s that memory you have of you riding down a hwy, looking out a window wondering if you’ll recall this exact moment in the future … he’s our Bob Seger ‘Like A Rock’ Moment reminding us of who and what we were … and still are : Gen X
I was born in 94 and it's songs like this that let you remember all the small things growing up and just how short and precious life is don't take nothing for granted everything has an expectation date
Boy you’re gonna go real far- and it’s gonna hurt. God Bless
Dang. I love this guys’ stuff.
My gawd… amazing hit me good…
This sums it up, couldn't believe how deep it hit the spot
Man…1994 was a year. Back then I was stuck in my own little world killing it! Now though, in some weird way I imagine all y’all’s lives going on at the same time. With similarities but still entirely different. God bless you all in 2024…it’s gonna be a wild one. 🤙🏻
12 year old me cannot get enough of this beautiful song. Damnit it’s so good!!!!
Worst year ever, love this tune man. Lost my sister in 1995 …. Slowly died for awhile
Love ♥️
Thanks for sharing
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
I just discovered your music but this is it holy shit. This is a hit
Thanks a lot. Just discovered your song "Cuckoo" and fell in love with it only for the comments to recommend THIS song. Now, I am crying at work because of how powerfully accurate it is to me and what I felt listening to it. Thank you Stephen, you've got one hell of a style and sound and I can't wait to see more of you!!!
Born in '87, graduating class of '06, so while im not part of this gen x nostalgia, per se, I still feel close enough to it relative to the generation that came up under me that I find it that I find it super relatable. Hits hard.
I was 12 in 94 and man i can tell you everything we done then.. 90s was a great time to grow up in
Beautiful
C/O 97! Didn’t just hear this song, but felt it too. It was a great year to be young!
Awesome 👌 👏 keep on keeping on
My stereo was really everything back then....So true to point!
Dear sir. You have my respect! You brought back some of the BEST times of my life!
I wish I could hit the like button again every time I listen to this song.
Random insta reel brought me here, good stuff
Dans mon top ten 2024...
Came here from this trending on Threads. Worth every bit👏👏👏✌🏼
Amazing song. It was 1984 for me but the lyrics still ring so true
Got in the first 500 comments.
This guy bangs. Hard. Hit me right in the gob. Went and bought a landline and a cd player.
This dam good
RIP Kurt ❤
Yessir! Repeat all weekend
Glad I found your music. The album is solid AF 👏
Been listening to it for days
I can relate
This is just incredible… absolutely beautiful. Bloody hell
This is Alt-Oregon Trail music
Grew up in the country during the exact time period and just wow this really hits the ❤
I don’t really like “country music”
His music is like a post-Ryan Adam’s mix of the genres and he really hits on what was iconic and kinda simple stuff us kids in the Oregon Trail generation lived through.
Dang man. Phenomenal tune. Had me on the Nirvana chord opening.
Hey from Holland...hahahaha yep me to!!!
This is just plain fantastic. What talent. Go get em, man. Great stuff.
See you in March in Rotterdam!
I hear what you did there nice touch.
Holy fuck
Amazing
Take me back.
❤❤❤ i always tell my kids sorry you missed the 90's
I wish I could offer them the simplicity & safety of 1994. 🙏🕊🤍
Good enough!!!
The more I listen the more I like it. Excellent work sir!!
This is absolutely awesome dude
This was my 94
🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥
Graduated in May of 1994. Was a full blown music fanatic. Spent every penny I had on tapes & concerts. I had third row center to see Nirvana headline at Lollapalooza in July of that year. Cobain killed himself roughly three weeks after I bought those tickets. Nirvana had a profound impact on me as a 16 year old kid who first started to smoke pot around the same time I heard Nevermind. So did NIN & Ministry & REM & Thrill Kill Kult & Pavement & GBV & Jeff Buckley & SDRE & Weezer & Built To Spill & many more. Of all those groups, only Kurt was the one who died that year. It was devastating news. I remember where I was when I first heard. I walked into my friends house & some asshole was making jokes about it. I just ignored him & sunk into the floor. At 17 I thought he had the world by the balls, but the (possible suicide) note & his journals shed light on his darkness. His music lives on but I always still think about what might have been had he not left this earth so young. He was a phenomenal songwriter & deserves all the credit because Nirvana's work still rocks just as hard and is just as beautiful now as it was when I first listened to them in 1992.
Anyway, this is a great song & really took me back to 30 years ago.
This song is going to blow up! T-minus ….
Just chilling on my back porch U tubing it , this song plays & I spit beer out trying to say WHO THE FUCK IS THIS ??? The real motherfucking deal !
This is ... aaaaaa
Iwaly-vern 💞
Reminds me of a beautiful guy named Chris Cornell❤
These acoustics are crazy good. Now you've got another album!
Masterpiece, signing about the 90’s and sounds like Chris Cornell re incarnated.
This tone is just awesome. Can someone tell me how I can get it? Or something close to it
I think Chris cornell came back and sang in his voice for this😢🙏
The Nirvana riff and the grin to sneak it in!
What tuning does he use for this?
I need the chords and tunings for all these!!!!