I heard some people arguing on the train the other day that the music that "kids" listen to these days sucks. I assumed that they didn't watch South Park so the statement was funny only to me.
What annoyed me, perhaps more than it should have, is that they were my age. I admit I'm set in my ways somewhat musically, and I don't really understand what a Tinchy Stryder is, but I do try to at least follow some of what's going on in the charts.
Now I'm not saying that every song that gets played on Capital is a hit, and that certainly doesn't apply to Kiss100 (London reference), but I don't think you can pigeon-hole an entire generation of music as "crap".
What's worse is hearing this broad generalisation from people in the 23 - 33 bracket. Some of the songs I listened to when I was a teenager were awful. Anyone remember Oxide and Neutrino? As a generation, we put a garage version of the Casualty theme at the top of the charts.
The next time I hear someone my age whining about music nowadays, I'm going to play them Billie Piper's "Cos we want to" and effectively end their argument right there.
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