Wake Up With The White Stripes' 'We Are Going to Be Friends'
I'm sticking with a "Back to School" theme to the Wake Ups this week. And I don't think any song as ever captured those early days of elementary school the way this one does. Completely devoid of cynicism, sarcasm or post-modern irony, it's - and here's a term I don't expect to use very often - sweet. And I genuinely love it. Fun fact: The White Stripes were the last band to appear on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" when it went off NBC back in 2009. Not only did they do this song, it's the theme song of his podcast, which is one of my absolute favorites.
Here's hoping kids everywhere have this experience in their first days at school.