Moved from the Baseketball thread....
I first realized how old I've become when I was playing guitar for some teenagers a few years ago. I've been playing since my 13th birthday in 1987, and quit playing when cool guitar parts became less and less important in rock. So the most recent stuff I know is the grunge era, which still feels fresh to me. Sure, I keep up with modern music, but I forget how long ago grunge was. So I realize these kids probably won't recognize some 80's Van Halen or Metallica songs, so I played some Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, and Pearl Jam. They didn't know a single song. No Plush....no Alive...no Cherub Rock. Then it dawned on me. These kids were born in the early 90s, why would they know songs from 92-95?
So it's always funny to think about things that I don't consider old, but are nostalgic to teenagers today. I remember in high school, rediscovering music from the early 80s, like Journey, Queen, Foreigner, and movies like Fast Times, Weird Science, etc. So at the time (1992), those things were about 10-12 years old. So today, things from 1995-1997 are "retro"? LOL! Alanis' first album. No Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom". Baseketball. What else?
I first realized how old I've become when I was playing guitar for some teenagers a few years ago. I've been playing since my 13th birthday in 1987, and quit playing when cool guitar parts became less and less important in rock. So the most recent stuff I know is the grunge era, which still feels fresh to me. Sure, I keep up with modern music, but I forget how long ago grunge was. So I realize these kids probably won't recognize some 80's Van Halen or Metallica songs, so I played some Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, and Pearl Jam. They didn't know a single song. No Plush....no Alive...no Cherub Rock. Then it dawned on me. These kids were born in the early 90s, why would they know songs from 92-95?
So it's always funny to think about things that I don't consider old, but are nostalgic to teenagers today. I remember in high school, rediscovering music from the early 80s, like Journey, Queen, Foreigner, and movies like Fast Times, Weird Science, etc. So at the time (1992), those things were about 10-12 years old. So today, things from 1995-1997 are "retro"? LOL! Alanis' first album. No Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom". Baseketball. What else?
