{"id":9618,"date":"2018-08-24T18:10:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T00:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=9618"},"modified":"2018-08-24T18:10:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T00:10:06","slug":"friday-evening-videos-kids-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/24\/friday-evening-videos-kids-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Evening Videos: “Kids In America”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every now and again, something bubbles up out of the depths of my trusty iPod that I haven’t thought about in a very long time, and I’ll remember how much I used to like that song, and — with any luck — how much I still like it. The most recent example of this phenomenon is “Kids in America” by Kim Wilde (who, despite the title of her signature tune, is English, not<\/em> American).<\/p>\n

“Kids in America” was released in the U.S. in 1982 (it had already been out for about a year in Europe at that point), whereupon it became a solid but not a tremendous hit in the States, peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. <\/em>However, the song’s accompanying video got a fair amount of airplay on MTV, and I’d daresay the song became something like a theme for a certain slice of Generation X. The idea that that particular cohort is closing in on the half-century mark — and that Wilde herself is now 57 — is difficult to wrap my head around. Because in my heart, we’re still<\/em> the Kids in America, searching for the beat in this dirty town. I imagine we’ll still be searching when we’re in our nursing homes.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, that’s it. No special occasion, no particular associations… just I song I remember liking back in the day. And as it happens, I still like it. Hope you enjoy it too, as we head into the weekend…<\/p>\n