Age of Consent

If there's anything I care for right now, its nothing more than the wonderfully sublime and youthful escape of New Order's "Age of Consent". I wonder, as the song pumps through my ears on repeat, how it is that I could have gone my entire life knowing both New Order and Joy Division and never having found this song until the other night... At the end of Wayne's World 2, among all movies.

As Wayne Campbell chased through town, he was accompanied by a score that was comprised of the most romantic guitar riff I think I have ever heard. At one point, I had wondered if it was something by Paul Westerberg, or at the very least, an instrumental inspired by Paul Westerberg.

That riff led me to a hunt, a romantic chase (I stress the word "romantic" strictly in the classical sense)through the vast scape of cyberspace. My first stop was the Wayne's World 2 Soundtrack, which wasn't there. I finally settled on a list of all the songs that were used and referenced in the movie and previewed each song until I found it... It was called "Age of Consent", and it was a New Order Song.

Apparently, the producers of Wayne's World 2 had wasted so much money on Aerosmith that they couldn't afford the rights to the actual song. So instead, they did an instrumental cover that was just alternative enough to fit in with the times... No wonder it reminded me of Paul Westerberg!

"Age of Consent" itself is just so captivating. The moment you hear that opening riff and bass line, you fall in love. Its literally like falling in love for the first time and feeling a rush of all these different and wonderful and spellbinding emotions that just feel all too real.

The riff and bass line repeat and it provides much of the song's hook and its just addicting. Its supplied by an inspired guitar solo and two synthesizer solos that just add an ethereal atmosphere to the song's power.

The lyrics are certainly fitting as they deal with a young boy who's suddenly found himself falling for an older woman, who he's been obviously intimate with.

Every once in awhile, I come across a song that just takes me and that sound finds its own special spot on my heart and on my all time top-five. New Order's "Age of Consent" has become one of them.