17 Again

How is there no comment on this song? I think its about feeling young and vulnerable, having choices to make and wanting to just go for it. Also there is that central verse which is clearly a dig at life in the media. 'All those fake celebrities And all those viscous queens All the stupid papers And the stupid magazines' Annie sings it so well, and I love the reference back to one of their greatest hits - 'sweet dreams are made of anything that gets you in the scene' which is another dig at the fakeness of celebrity.

Anyway, thats my ten cents.

I totally could not agree more!!! I love this song, I probably listen to it everyday (I love the whole album) and I so relate to it, about youth and vitality paired with the horrific choices we sometimes make. "I had so many crashes that I couldn't feel at all."

I agree with the first comment.It takes some time to recognize the universality of human experience that cuts across cultural barriers at that age(seventeen). Most young girls miss the so called sweet seventeen period of time by their hormonal imbalances and unrealistic expectations of the perfect boyfriend or their own self-image and beauty. And definitely,at that time we all look at the beauty magazines of that era,they have a special appeal.They lead you astray.Not all the jewellery in the world will bring you closer to the loved one,leading ultimately to heartbreak,loss of dreams in the academic world and a new you,who is disillusioned and on the search for the missing element forever. A song of heartbreak,a song of the world stealing your youth and aspirations. The essence of being at a vulnerable age.

This song is one of the songs of my life.

At 17, I was in the throws of anorexia and bulimia. It may seem like a very sorry state to be in, but unless your actually in some sort of realisation that you have a problem, your in your own world, on cloud nine. Its only when I was 19 (when the album came out and I bought it) that I was struck by this song. I had just come to the conclusion I was really not at all well and needed both medical and emotional help. While the medical side couldn't come fast enough (very unwell) the emotional help was far behind. And I was not able to access it. Instead I was stood, looking back at my life, almost trying to pick up the peices of what I had missed and what I had lost. At 19 I felt like I was 17, and suddenly feeling the enormity of what I had missed, and all the emotional growing pains were catching up with me.

The magazines and vicious queens? I went to an all girls school. A huge part of what kick-started my eating disorder was wanting to look like a model from a magazine. Sweet dreams were indeed anything that could make me slimmer, and anything that would get me "in the scene". Story of my life.