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May 8, 2004
A Baby Boom of Boomer Music?
I notice it in my own kids--eventually they do step over from the dark side and realize how great our rock and roll was/is. Okay--I've learned from them too: one son has turned me on to Sublime and the other passed me a...dare I say it...rap song I actually love. But Bob Seger was right---rock and roll never forgets.
When the boys were younger I instituted a contest when we were listening to the car radio. A few notes of an old classic--rock or R&B or Motown--and I expected them to know who it was. I mean, what musically educated person does not recognize the opening bars of 'Respect?' I get a thrill when they borrow my old Dylan albums (note to parents: you may have to spring for a turntable for the kids) or when they argue about which Rolling Stone song could be considered definitive. And what parent doesn't feel a frisson when your kids look at you--if only for one moment--as if you might be cool?
This editorial from The Spectrum in Utah was a nice validation of our attachment to our music.
Posted on May 8, 2004 10:00 AM
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When our son was in his early teens, we were not cool. Nothing we liked or listened to was cool. Which is as it should be. But the kid was a musician and fairly serious about it, practicing classical violin while listening to Metallica. At the same time. He was also studying guitar, so we knew he'd come around. He'd have to. We told him that in a few years he'd be borrowing the Hendrix, Led Zep and Clapton albums and for once we were right. He's gone to concerts with us and we're welcome at his gigs. Coming from the Generation Gap era I never expected to be sharing music with our kids this way.
Posted by: pat on May 9, 2004 12:29 AM
Everyone is getting into the old bands now-a-days... though, from the areas of the world I am familiar with, it's mainly Zeppelin and Hendrix... a very small amount of them from the area that I am from know who Bob Dylan is, or the Grateful Dead.
Posted by: Vana Jones on February 23, 2005 12:43 PM
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