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I've diagnosed myself with a case of arrested development because every six months or so, I need to listen to "Teenage Dirtbag" on repeat and sing along.
I love the way Wheatus frontman Brendan B Brown's voice sounds as though he is lip-quiveringly on the brink of tears as the song progresses.
It's a moment strangely akin to the scene in "The Sound of Music" when Captain von Trapp—played with aplomb by Christopher Plummer (pun intended)—sings a tender tribute to Austria's iconic national flower, the delicate, lacy white eidelweiss.
"Teenage Dirtbag was on the soundtrack of a movie that proved to be kind of forgettable, the 2000 Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari vehicle "Loser." The aforementioned soundtrack was also marked by the presence of the über-catchy electronic Eiffel 65 hit "Blue."
—Sarah Torribio