Winger - Seventeen - Meaning of the song
"Seventeen" is a single released by the American rock band Winger, from their album Winger. Released in 1988, the song charted at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Kip Winger claims that he was inspired by the Beatles' song "I Saw Her Standing There," which includes the line "Well she was just seventeen / If you know what I mean / And the way she looked / Was way beyond compare," and that he was unaware that having sexual relations with a seventeen-year-old was illegal.
Reb Beach, Winger said, developed the primary riff when he was about 15, but didn't know how to use it. Winger, on the other hand, had a concept and incorporated it into the song. He claimed they were attempting to rip off a Led Zeppelin song with "strange syncopation" in the lyric, though he couldn't recall which one it was - most likely "The Crunge" or "Walter's Walk." "The thing I enjoy about 'Seventeen,' is that I've seen cover bands try to perform it time and time again, and no one I've ever seen be able to play that riff perfectly," he added. That song is very deceiving because it's cocky on the melody end and it's musically a difficult song for average bands to play, because it's all this intricate picking and a lot of riffs and syncopations and singing and playing that song has always been a challenge."
Seventeen - Lyrics
Yeah, I saw sparks fly From the corner of my eye And when I turned Ooh, it was love at first sight I said, please excuse me I didn't catch your name Oh, it'd be a shame Not to see you again And just when I thought she was comin' to my door She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor She said I'm only seventeen (seventeen) But I'll show you love like you've never seen She's only seventeen Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me Mmm, come to my place We can talk it over Oh, everything going down in your head She said take it easy I need some time Time to work it out To make you mine And just when I thought she was comin' to my door She whispered sweet and brought me to the floor She said I'm only seventeen (seventeen) You ain't seen love, ain't seen nothing like me She's only seventeen Seventeen Such a bad girl Loves to work me overtime Feels good, ha Dancing close to that borderline She's a magic mountain She's a leather glove Oh, she's my soul It must be love I'm only seventeen (seventeen) Girl, she gives me love like I've never seen She's only seventeen (seventeen) Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me (seventeen) She's everything I need (seventeen) Daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough, old enough for me Yeah, yeah, yeah
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