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| From | <nonstoppop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Punky pop ideas for a teenager with awakening ears |
| Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:23:45 -0500 |
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>kids find the music they like without any help from ANY other generation. My
>older cousins tried to inflict their musical taste on me when I was a
>kid...had they succeeded, I'd be listening to Celine, and pining away for
>Pinky Lee and Shelley Fabres.
I don’t know that I’d agree that kids find the music they like WITHOUT any help from any other generation. They might end up being able to make the decision themselves as to whether or not they like what the other generation brings to the table, but I certainly wouldn’t be a fan of Al Jolson’s music today without the aid of my father. For artists like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, while my father is indeed the one who first brought them to my attention, I’d guess that the media would’ve succeeded in doing that for me eventually if he hadn’t. Not so for Jolie.
Alternatively, however, my mother’s always been a big Anne Murray fan…but I’ve managed to survive for all these years without adding any of her discs to my collection. (Can’t say the same for Barry Manilow or Neil Diamond, however, my mother’s other two big faves; I’m quite partial to both of them.)
Mind you, the reverse is true as well. My mother certainly wouldn’t be able to say that she knows songs by the Cure, 10,000 Maniacs, the Trash Can Sinatras, They Might Be Giants, and Captain Sensible if it wasn’t for me…
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