# Best teen angst songs.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-teen-angst-songs/797690 "2017-10-01T00:36:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-teen-angst-songs/797690/41 "2017-10-02T12:01:38Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> I don’t think it’s possible for a song to get any angstier than the Stones’[Paint it Black](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg).

I’m not so sure. Angst, to my mind, is a generalized feeling of hopelessness, dread, and anxiety. The narrator of Paint It Black has a specific and explainable reason for his state (the loss of a lover).

Also, I never considered it as a teenager’s viewpoint.

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-teen-angst-songs/797690/42 "2017-10-02T12:07:37Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> Also, I never considered it as a teenager’s viewpoint.

I always have, largely because feeling the sort of intense, all-consuming despair over lost love portrayed in the song is very typical of teenagers - although obviously not restricted to them.

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-teen-angst-songs/797690/43 "2017-10-02T14:44:38Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> I always have, largely because feeling the sort of intense, all-consuming despair over lost love portrayed in the song is very typical of teenagers - although obviously not restricted to them.

Interesting. I wonder what the general perception is? I think I’ll do a poll.

(and I admit I may be in the vast minority, I really don’t know)  
mmm

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