One of the comments on last week’s Tuesday Tunes post was made by fellow blogger Hugh, who suggested Andrew Gold’s Lonely Boy as another possible song that matched the theme of growing up. That song is one I’ve always liked, and I had the album back in the days of vinyl, but as I said to Hugh it meant something different to me. This got me thinking, and I realised I could feature it as a song representing a number of themes. And here we are, with one of those possibilities. This week’s theme is: disappointment (and the frustration that can go with it).

Having had it suggested to me, I really couldn’t start anywhere else, could I? So, heeeere’s Andrew:

If you listen to the lyrics you can hear why I thought it fitted this theme. It describes a boy who felt that his parents had made him…