"No Myth," Michael Penn (1990)

When Sean Penn's brother rocked out

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I’m not saying I will love a song solely because it understands the subjunctive mood, but it doesn’t hurt.

For instance, Michael Penn begins the chorus of “No Myth” by singing “What if I were Romeo in black jeans?” That “wer…