dsi1 wrote:
> It's not a put down if it's true. Are you saying that you've never noticed
that old folks hate the music of the younger generation? You think you're
special but you ain't. That's not a put down. Everybody thinks they're
special but only a few are.
>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWhtiB5hBvA
I am special. Extra special. I know a lot about music. Enough
anyway. I'm not going to debate it. Not with you or anyone. I had
an uncle who did not like being asked his age. I remember one time
asking him innocently enough how old he was and his head swung
around and he yelled, "Why?" I said I'm just curious, that's all. To
that he said again, "Yeah but why?" Again, I'm just curious. "Yeah,
but why are you curious?" It went on a while before I let it go. I thought
it was funny. But I look back on that exchange many years later and
can understand why a person might want to keep their age to themselves.
Because of people like you. One way or the other at some point their
age will be used against them in some way.
If the guy is in an argument/discussion/debate with someone
and they don't like what he's saying, if he's young they can
always say, "Well of course you're going to feel that way because
you're young and you don't know jack shit." ONTH if the guy is old
they can always say, "Well of course you're going to feel that way
because you're old and incapable of accepting anything new or
different." Funny stuff.
By the way, I see truth in it, you're probably right, you can tell
what most people like or don't like by their age. But not all of them.
If you line up 100 people at random, people my age exactly, and ask
them what they think of certain singers or songs I like from
their era you would be lucky to find more than 1 who even knows
who they are. Every era has music and other forms of entertainment
that endure over time, stuff that was well known to many when it
came out, but not to all as it was not representative of mainstream
stuff from that time. Some of the stuff I like now was highly popular
at that time but most was obscure even then. You are the negative
one here, assuming that every era produces only one type of music,
or comedy, or anything. You cannot and should not assume that everyone
is the same based on age or generation or anything else. An assumption
I myself am guilty of making quite often. But not as often as you and others
who live on small islands in their own small minds.
Don't pigeon hole me punk!