Chris Briem has a piece about feeling old, and some of the strange things you can say about "kids these days." Check it out.
I know that just a few months ago, I was driving somewhere and caught a live version of some Pearl Jam song. It was from "Ten," and the DJ mentioned that it was "released in 1990. I did the math and thought, "Holy crap." Most of my students are 18,
I am just trying to get a handle on the music that was 18 years old when I first started college. Geez. Stuff from the early 70s. That's weird. Because that stuff was so OLD.
That being said, I think a lot of the music from my college days holds up a lot better than music from previous eras. Not all eras. But some. Seriously. I don't think Pearl Jam or Nirvana sound all that silly. But I guess that's a pretty selective take on music from 1991. I am sure a lot of it sucked. In fact, I remember is sucking. Even at the time.
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