Reclaiming one’s place
Someone, I think maybe Cynthia Heimel, once said that you should never stop listening to the music you grew up with, but that doesn’t mean you keep playing “Crimson and Clover” over and over: you have to listen to bands that still exist.
I have no particular fondness for Korn — I admit, I was amused enough to buy their cover of Cameo’s “Word Up” — but I understand Michele’s premise here:
Conversation I had with a friend while listening to this album:
“You’re 36 years old, why are you listening to this crap?”
“Because it makes me feel like I’m 15.”
“Name one good thing about being 15.”
“No one told me I was too old to listen to anything.”
I concede that I probably shouldn’t have been listening to Jethro Tull when I saved this.
Kay Dennison »
17 December 2008 · 8:51 pm
LOL I my fav from the past are Nat King Cole and Etta James — and she’s back in style with “Cadillac Records” in the theaters!
Ted »
18 December 2008 · 5:18 am
A few years ago most of our daughter’s friends were shocked that Rachael bought her mom the new Green Day CD “American Idiot” as a Christmas present. Also, in the car friends would ask my kids if they could borrow mix CDs that were playing, and freaked when the answer would be, “ask my mom/dad, it’s their disc”.
Big fun, stomping stereotypes.