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When I think back to my friends in the 80s and how we felt about music acts, I cringe. We hated Madonna and Tiffany, which I now realize was just rank misogyny. We hated Bruce Springsteen because the older guy in the group (who would've technically been a boomer I guess) didn't like him. We hated Bon Jovi because they were too pop. So much energy wasted yucking somebody else's yum. So much time spent listening to music I didn't like because I thought it was "superior." It was stupid.
According to conventional wisdom now that I'm older I should be narrower-minded but it's just the other way around. Looking at Taylor Swift, her music isn't my cup but people love her and she seems like a decent person, so rock on. 🤘
EDIT: Some people are assuming the "we" here is accusing GenX of misogyny. I'm not. I'm talking about the people I was hanging with at the time.
Well, since I only grew up with the radio and MTV until I signed up for Columbia House until I was 17, my music likes are fairly varied, if a little commercial. Now a days, I am getting into the deep tracks of Tool and Audioslave, discovered Puscifer far too late and I'm catching up with them. Oh, I love eminem and Taylor Swift. I can find something to jam on across musical genres, I think our age makes that easy for us.
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I've heard Jello do spoken word, although it was a long time ago!