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| From | "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Musical Cultural Question |
| Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:09:12 +0100 |
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On 7/28/06, Jaimie Vernon <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:02:25 Josh wrote:
>
> >How would you fill in the blank here?
> >
> >Baby boomer ('46-'64) musical icons: Beatles; Dylan; Motown
> >Gen X ('65-'76) musical icons: U2; Kurt Cobain; Michael Jackson
>
> I think Nirvana is out of place here....kids born in this time period would
> have been in their 20's when Cobain struck big/out. The formative years for
> musical inspiration (at least in my experience) is the 10-18 year range.
> Even a kid born in 1976 would already be 18 by the time Nirvana had made
> their impact. I think they belong in your Gen Y category.
I disagree. Nevermind was released in 91, and Nirvana were already
known to the more musically-knowledgeable before that.So you're
actually talking roughly 15-25 by that definition of Gen X, which is
prime record-buying/gig-going time.
Certainly in the UK, where admittedly they weren't as big, by the time
I started noticing any kind of 'music scene' or being able to talk to
other people my age about music, the people who liked Nirvana were a
couple of years older than me (I was born in 78). I think my younger
brothers and sisters have little if any awareness of Nirvana's
existence - I think the youngest (born at the other end of 'Gen Y')
may not even know Cobain's name...
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