Gen Xers tweak geezers' sacred cows

Albuquerque Tribune ^ | 7/9/04 | J.M. Baról

[The Scourge of Yazid]

The best was Hendrix's letter home, where he advised his parents of how you couldn't be "talented" and still succeed in the rock n'roll biz.

Boy, was he ever on the money on that one.

[weegee]

Great!

[Old Professer]

Cher, remember her? The famous actress and political pundit, expert on all important in the universe?

She was smarter than whoever wrote this tripe.

She proved it in a quote from Mask, a terrible, sad, stupid, sick movie from the time of long hair and short sense when questioned about something that only cretins concern themselves with turned to her inquisitor and said,

"You must have me confused with some one who gives a fu*k."

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Oh man!

That phrase alone has put me into deep brain-lock.

I think I need an aspirin.

[vetvetdoug]

Eddie learned the guitar tapping from Randy California, the guitarist for Spirit.

[weegee]

Sure the Baby Boomers invented Rock and Roll. They also invented hedonism and even "sex".

Don't you know that there were no people before 1945?

[weegee]

"Let's play sum skinerd!"

[NYC GOP Chick]

Don't you just love those blonds who try to look demure?

(Ducks incoming china and loose, blunt instruments being chucked at head by offended blond freepers.)

You got that right, pal!

[weegee]

There is no way anyone with half a brain could credibly maintain that someone born in 1947 and 1960 is of the same generation.

I thought a "generation" used to be 25 years (roughly the time span until the kids are born to the preceeding generation).

Also the "Baby boom" refers to a cycle in history when the birthrate in America "exploded". Figures were higher. After the "baby boom" was the "baby bust" (people born then are improperly called Generation X after a book with that same name; some of us prefer Gen-Reagan). Gen-X/Gen-Reagan/The Baby Bust is sandwiched on the other side by another rise in birth rates.

We will always be outnumbered by others in this society.

The "Baby Boom" has dominated the cultural values of this country (and sent them into a nose dive), they dominate the workforce, and now that they are getting older/sicker will be pushing the issues of social security and national healthcare (with the younger generations to pay for them).

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Sorry 'bout that.

I only hurt the ones I truly love.

No wait...that's Mark Gasteineau!

Oh, I suppose I'm just a jerk then.

Sorry.

Nothing I can do about that.

[sully777]

I see you leave me no alternative.
I must now call up the darkest of all metal gods,
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER!!!

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I remember listening to Accept at the height of my metal days. It took a few times on the audiotape player to realize what the raging German was screaming about: Balls To The Wall and Up To The Limit. Threw it in the trashcan.

Nothing personal, Udo, but I loves womenfolk in an entirely different way.

[weegee]

What's he been smoking?

[weegee]

Carly Simon got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Unless she was placed there as an "inspiration" for getting underground bands angry about the pap that dominated the charts in the 1970s, the Rock & Roll Hall celebrates anything BUT...

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Douglas Copeland, Bret Eastern Ellis, Jay Mcinerny etc.

Feh!

That's why they have a book called:

GENERATION ECCH!

To describe the vast consumer population of desensitized, weed-smoking, pampered idiots who purchased that schlock because they were duped into believing-via slick marketing campaigns aimed at their false social consciousness and/or sense of ennui and disillusionment-that it actually constituted genuine literature.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Now, if they'd gone after Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus, I'd be on their ass.

Damn right! I'd get the fat man in the bathtub to help me drown 'em!

[sully777]

Just curious.

Wasn't Rush Canada's answer to Yes and King Crimson? I read Pert say that he was influenced by Crimson.

Any comments?

[Chad Fairbanks]

or the Metallica fan who pines for the black album days.

If a "Metallica Fan" pines for the Black Album Days, then they are no 'Tallica Fan. True fans pine for The Days up to and including Master of Puppets.

;0)

[weegee]

What did the baby boomers do? Take Rock N Roll and chop off the "N Roll" and that was it.

They stopped dancing to it and started acting like it was "serious". "Serious people" wrote "serious songs" about "serious topics" and the audience was told to sit in their seats; the times are a changing.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Just as an FYI - Apparently some music IS above criticism. NEVER, and I mean NEVER, walk past The Experience Music Project singing "Excuse me, while I puke and die!" and launch into an air guitar/choking frenzy...

Never again, I say.

[Servant of the 9]

ummm, Grunge, Alternative, Speed metal, Death metal, even plain ole heavy metal is more an Xer term, Not to mention hip hop was named by Xs and Ys.

Then why can't they stick to them and not defile or try to redefine Rock or Rock & Roll by applying the terms to their 'music'?

What did the baby boomers do? Take Rock N Roll and chop off the "N Roll" and that was it.

Yeah, the younger boomers did that and it was pretty feeble, and so is Rock Music as opposed to Rock & Roll