If I Die Young

I guess I've been kind of under a rock recently. I blame this on the fact that I rarely listen to the radio. I listen to country radio even less often. I need to start listening to the radio more often so that I can learn what kind of new music is out.

I feel like someone wrote about this song, but I can't remember.
I think I first heard this song when I was listening to Pandora with a country-loving friend. I then recently heard it on a mix CD. The song is kind of sad, but I like the idea behind it.



The band name is The Band Perry. I don't know much about the band, or any of their other songs, but from what I gather, they're pretty recent. As the title implies, the song is about dying young. It's kind of a hypothetical song, but I think it gets a point across and can get people to re-evaluate some things in their lives. Nobody plans on dying young, but unfortunately, many people do. Since a lot of people are afraid of death, nobody wants to think about what would happen if they did die. It's troubling. Death is a depressing topic. Nobody wants to lose a loved one, and nobody (hopefully) wants to die. Everyone knows it's going to happen one day, but sometimes not thinking about it is easier. I guess that's why I like this song. The band isn't afraid to talk about it. The lyrics are touching and the music is moving. Pretty good combination.

I think that this song would fall into the "Songs I listen to When I'm Sad" category.

On another note, in the video you can see that one of the band members is playing an accordion. How often do you see that happen anymore? It interested me, anyway. Also, she's holding a book of Tennyson, and the book is open to a certain page at the end of a video. This requires investigation.