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I read an interview with some aging rock star a few years ago, and the interviewer asked him if he thought that Rock and Roll was dead, and he said yes, because
by jt2190 3y ago
I read an interview with some aging rock star a few years ago, and the interviewer asked him if he thought that Rock and Roll was dead, and he said yes, because it no longer pisses off your parents when you listen to it.
His response framed rock and roll not as a form of music but as a cultural phenomenon.
(I wish I could remember what youth culture thing kids do to piss off their parents these days but I can’t remember.)
- Tao3300 3y agoI remember (maybe) Penn Gillette saying something similar: that something has gone wrong if we aren't horrified by the music our children like.
- gremlinsinc 3y agoHow much edgier can you get than Korn, Limp biscuit, Linkin Park, Metallica, etc... we took heavy and hard to the top of the arc - we left our children with just choosing which music styles of the past they like the best because their parents bested them on edgy music, hehe... in a way its kinda sad. I mean there really isn't anything that can offend xennial parents (millennial/x-gen), we're oblivious to just about everything at this point. We've grew up watching shows like Growing Pains, Saved By The Bell, and grew to watch things like Shameless, Spartacus, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad. We love shock factor so much, when something should shock us, we're often oblivious to it. I wonder if parents always hated the music of their kids, even before modern eras. 1920s? 1800s? 1700s? The other factor is that a lot of the hate for music was religion based and many now aren't religious anymore, so that's a non-factor. Take the case of Twisted Sister vs Tipper Gore for example lol.
- Tao3300 3y ago> I wonder if parents always hated the music of their kids, even before modern eras. 1920s? 1800s? 1700s? Verily, the Galant Style only sufficeth for Macaronis and Poppinjays. Ho! What a Pain it wreaketh upon mine Ears! Tis like a Pandemonium!
- fiso64 3y agoIt's not that you can't possibly get any more edgy than that, there's just no demand for it anymore due the rise of safe space / political correctness movements. Though you could still anger your parents by listening to LGBT themed music if they're on the conservative side.