I remember in high school, listening to Dr. Dre's new album "The Chronic", knowing how much Parents and Teachers and Dionne Warwick hated that music, and thinking:
When I become an
adult, I won't hate music that kids my age are listening to. I'll still be
cool.
Well.....I WAS WRONG!!!! (Correction, half wrong – I AM
still cool). But who would have thought that music would have gotten so BAD???
I thought, yeah, maybe music will be a bit too loud or go too fast or be too
rude, but I'll still be able to appreciate it. But who knew it was just gonna
turn to trash? Talentless trash. And I know kids in high school today love the
shit out of that music, and that I have become one of those adults that can't
stand to listen to it, and I'm stuck in the music of my generation just like my
parents were. I'm just really, really grateful that my generation crossed over
the 80's, 90's, and new millenium!!!
But my real point is....this getting older stuff is pretty
freaky. I have been in recent situations with friends of my same generation and
in a given night you can hear some of the following phrases escape our lips:
- Want to go someplace quieter where we can hear each other?
- I gotta get to bed soon, I have to be at work early tomorrow.
- Let's not go in there, it's too crowded. We won't be able to find a seat.
- No, I won't have another one. I'm good.
- Is that kid really twenty-one? He looks twelve.
THOSE ARE OLD PEOPLE LINES!!!! And yet we are only in our
30s. Don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of 30 year olds and above
living it up on a nightly basis, not so concerned with "bed times".
But my path of destiny put me in the category of "valuing a good night of
sleep" instead of the "valuing a good night out" group. So does this
make me old?? Am I already boring?? Have I nested before I even have a nest??
Or worse, am I over the hill?? Lots of heavy stuff to ponder...if only those
kids on the street would turn down their dang music so I CAN HEAR MY OWN
THOUGHTS!!!! I'm pretty sure it's not worth it to fight the trend – then I
would just look like one of those 35-year-olds who is still trying to be 25 –
but instead I will embrace my inner old-lady and focus on the things I do still
enjoy (like my 90's rap and rock music – also at high volumes). But that's just
my 2 cents.
