Favorite Decade of Music

~~Leo656~~ · 10-23-2013, 10:37 PM

I know, that's insane. Sometimes I get something like that, and I just rage so hard. Because in 15 years Katy Perry is going to be a Trivial Pursuit answer and people are still going to be buying Guns N Roses records. Even my Freshman year of high school, I got teased by kids my own age for wearing a Motley Crue shirt, not because of who they were, but because a large number of kids my own age literally had no idea who they were at all. Granted, a lot of them were the preppie/yuppie kids who grew up in ritzy neighborhoods and probably only listened to the Top 40 stuff their parents put on the radio, but still, even for one of the lesser rock bands from the 80s Crue was really well-known, and in fact, they'd just put a record out that same year. These kids only knew that Tommy Lee was the guy (at the time) nailing Pamela Anderson, and they thought that was all he was famous for.

But back to topic, yeah, the younger generation won't always "get it" but I've noticed that people still gravitate towards the really good stuff no matter how old they are, the very best stuff stays popular. I still see 13 year old kids with Misfits shirts. It hasn't even been "cool" to admit you like the Misfits for MORE than 13 years!

But somehow these kids find out about the older stuff. The cream always rises.

To this day, I look back on stuff I like in general, and then music I liked (and still like) from the 80s, and it's like, "Sh*t, man, I'm not supposed to like this, this is so not what I'm into," but I do, because as I said before, even the "crap" music from the 80s was better than the "crap" we get now. "Come On Eileen"? Love It. "Safety Dance"? Bet your ass. "Cherish" by Madonna? Hell yes.

And lest we forget how awesome the really great stuff was, I just have three little words: Oingo. F*cking. Boingo.

10-23-2013, 10:37 PM	#8
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I know, that's insane. Sometimes I get something like that, and I just rage so hard. Because in 15 years Katy Perry is going to be a Trivial Pursuit answer and people are still going to be buying Guns N Roses records. Even my Freshman year of high school, I got teased by kids my own age for wearing a Motley Crue shirt, not because of who they were, but because a large number of kids my own age literally had no idea who they were at all. Granted, a lot of them were the preppie/yuppie kids who grew up in ritzy neighborhoods and probably only listened to the Top 40 stuff their parents put on the radio, but still, even for one of the lesser rock bands from the 80s Crue was really well-known, and in fact, they'd just put a record out that same year. These kids only knew that Tommy Lee was the guy (at the time) nailing Pamela Anderson, and they thought that was all he was famous for. But back to topic, yeah, the younger generation won't always "get it" but I've noticed that people still gravitate towards the really good stuff no matter how old they are, the very best stuff stays popular. I still see 13 year old kids with Misfits shirts. It hasn't even been "cool" to admit you like the Misfits for MORE than 13 years! But somehow these kids find out about the older stuff. The cream always rises. To this day, I look back on stuff I like in general, and then music I liked (and still like) from the 80s, and it's like, "Sht, man, I'm not supposed to like this, this is so not what I'm into," but I do, because as I said before, even the "crap" music from the 80s was better than the "crap" we get now. "Come On Eileen"? Love It. "Safety Dance"? Bet your ass. "Cherish" by Madonna? Hell yes. And lest we forget how awesome the really great stuff was, I just have three little words: Oingo. Fcking. Boingo.