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You definitely know you're no spring chicken when the music playing on your "favorite" station begin to play crappy music, and the "oldie" station that your parents made you listen to while driving you to school begin to sound pretty good. I mean, just the other day, I tried listening to a Top 40 station, and I'm like "The radio suck these days!" Then I turned to a "softer" rock station, and I knew every song. I'm grinning ear to ear, singing at the top of my lungs, honking to the beat of the drums, taping my fingers in rhythm; the whole bit. Then the radio dude comes on, and he goes "And that was a sample of the classic 80's." Classic WHAT?! 80's??

Firstly, there's no such thing as classic 80's. Music then pretty much stunk. Second, those were the songs I grew up with..... wait a cotton picking minute. Wasn't I just in the 80's 2 years ago?? Oh shucks. Wait, it's 2001. Reality check. Helloooo McFly?!

There's a point in everyone's life when they start to not like "today's" hit music, and begin to play their CD/Tape/LP (GASP!) collection almost exclusively. I'm sure my Mom was a rocking lady when she was digging Peter, Paul and Mary in the 60's. But when she was still playing that stuff when I was a kid, I'm like "How ghey is that?! Mom, play some Duran Duran!". Sorry Mom, I didn't know you had already grown up.... I thought you were still hip/groovy/cool/neato/nifty/wicked/fresh.

But I sympathize. I really do. I mean, I'm listening to Bel Biv Devo, crying "Poooi-son!". And I think back to 1991. Gr 12 night school English class. *Sigh*

I don't wanna be a grown up. Someone please turn to one of them trance/techno/trip hop/jungle/house music stations. Give me a glow stick and a water bottle. (No 'E' thanks.) I still wanna be cool.

...Do "cool" people these days still use that word? Or is it like, so last Millennium?

posted by losir at 11:25 AM