Amusement...

Mate took me out to Outback yesterday for dinner, and they had on the 70's music. Not too bad, really. I'm just old enough to remember my parents listening to it, and learning at least a slight appreciation for it. My mate, who is seven years older than I, is quite familiar with the music, including disco. For a hard-rocker like her, it makes her cringe.

Anyhow, so we're talking, and yeah, making a little fun of the disco and funk when it comes on, and then it strikes me.

Mate and I are 43 and 36 respectively. We're getting to the age where what we grew up with and think is 'cool' is no longer quite so cool with the younger generations. This includes, of course, music.

Still with me, right?

Okay...so me, my brain, and I go off on the next tangent.

For a while now, the biggest 'poo-poo'-er about music seems to be that the younger gens often put down the older gen music because it's too soft, too melodic, and so forth. It's wimpy, man. You can't turn it up and break your ear drums, ya old thing, you!

Okay...that works just fine until you realize that our generations came up with things like Death Metal and Thrash (not to mention being on the edge of heralding in Marylin Manson and friends).

So...um...the young kids can't use that excuse anymore...

Unless the next batch of 'loud' music is the kind that shatters ear drums on contact? *g*