Old at Karaoke?
Primarily, I'd like to point out that most people who go to Karaoke are douchebags. Not all of them, but there seem to be the same group of people who seem to think this particular list of songs are worth singing:
Journey - Don't stop believing (Thank you, Family Guy. Jerks.)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have fun
Grease - Summer Lovin'
Tonight, I was with two people who are 23, surrounded by people who are 21. The two years difference is evidently all it takes. The 21 year olds were precisely the sort of people with whom I'd never want to associate. One of my companions and I immediately judged some of them as people whom we project all the evils of the world upon.
So, when our various turns to sing came up, our list was as follows:
Michael Buble - Feeling Good
Beyonce - Halo
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Seal - Kiss from a Rose
Nelly - #1
Somehow, they didn't seem to know Peark Jam, Seal or Nelly. Something about that seemed rather disturbing. This isn't because it's good music, but just because at least Pearl Jam and Seal seem fairly iconic for the 90's. Then there's something really disturbing about the fact that these kids were born in 1991/1992.
I was born in the late 80's, but I still know iconic music from the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. I wonder if these kids are so self absorbed in their so-called culture that they don't take time to look at the art of the past. It would be astonishing to me if any of these kids knew any classical music outside of the 'standards' that everyone seems to know. That kinda makes sense, seeing as they didn't grow up with Looney Tunes (which uses a lot of 'obscure' classical music. Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, for instance.)
The thing that surprises me most is the two years difference. Who knows? It seems so strange to me that that's where part of the generation gap lies. I wonder if artists have an advantage, in that we tend to study art and culture. Actors, especially, tend to live in several time periods, and (hopefully) study the eras in which they exist. But really, I feel that it's the artists and historians who tend to look at cultures of the past, and allow themselves to escape the confines of 'pop-culture'. While we certainly reference pop-culture, we don't contain ourselves to it.
I can't conclude the thought, at this time. I'm a bit drunk.
Journey - Don't stop believing (Thank you, Family Guy. Jerks.)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have fun
Grease - Summer Lovin'
Tonight, I was with two people who are 23, surrounded by people who are 21. The two years difference is evidently all it takes. The 21 year olds were precisely the sort of people with whom I'd never want to associate. One of my companions and I immediately judged some of them as people whom we project all the evils of the world upon.
So, when our various turns to sing came up, our list was as follows:
Michael Buble - Feeling Good
Beyonce - Halo
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Seal - Kiss from a Rose
Nelly - #1
Somehow, they didn't seem to know Peark Jam, Seal or Nelly. Something about that seemed rather disturbing. This isn't because it's good music, but just because at least Pearl Jam and Seal seem fairly iconic for the 90's. Then there's something really disturbing about the fact that these kids were born in 1991/1992.
I was born in the late 80's, but I still know iconic music from the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. I wonder if these kids are so self absorbed in their so-called culture that they don't take time to look at the art of the past. It would be astonishing to me if any of these kids knew any classical music outside of the 'standards' that everyone seems to know. That kinda makes sense, seeing as they didn't grow up with Looney Tunes (which uses a lot of 'obscure' classical music. Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, for instance.)
The thing that surprises me most is the two years difference. Who knows? It seems so strange to me that that's where part of the generation gap lies. I wonder if artists have an advantage, in that we tend to study art and culture. Actors, especially, tend to live in several time periods, and (hopefully) study the eras in which they exist. But really, I feel that it's the artists and historians who tend to look at cultures of the past, and allow themselves to escape the confines of 'pop-culture'. While we certainly reference pop-culture, we don't contain ourselves to it.
I can't conclude the thought, at this time. I'm a bit drunk.