Song of the Decade: The Twenties

Since turning 30, I've felt the need to come up with a theme song for the past decade, one that would well up as the credits roll and, one by one, the years brush the popcorn off their lap and leave the theater.

My research has consisted of careful contemplation and compulsive listening to my iPod until I have located the song that most accurately describes the fears, angst, frustration, joys, and dilemmas of being twenty-something.

Here it is: Dreams by The Cranberries. One of my first CDs ever.

Actually, the "twenties" decade starts at about 17 and goes until 27.

I still have a ways to go on the next decade, but if I had to choose now, I'd pick Feist's Mushaboom.

My choices are more optimistic than I would have expected.