Laethanta Saoire: The soundtrack to my coming-of-age summer, by Cónal Creedon
Cónal Creedon.
Funny how the music of an era becomes the soundtrack for a generation. I was happy living my germ-free adolescence in a Glam Rock bubble, throwing shapes to the shang-a-lang sounds of the Bay City Rollers. But then, just when least expected – I came-of-age.
Coming-of-age is that monumental milestone when teenagers transition from childhood to adulthood. A life-defining change that usually occurs during the summer months; liberated from the restrictions of the classroom, our emotions become high on the first flush of freedom, and we take flight. This anarchic developmental stepping-stone is fuelled by a surge of invincibility and irreverence, powerfully portrayed in the primordial beat of Alice Cooper’s anthemic School’s Out.
