*pirouette*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/3803974/Kip+Winger+KIPWINGER.jpg
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
AP has a point. america's post-WWII baby boom was in decline by the late 50s, and that's definitely a list of people who defined gen x more than boomer culture. i mean wayne coyne, kim deal, mj fox, eddie murphy, rollins, meg ryan, stephanopoulos, sheez. maybe gen x runs more 60 to late 70s.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Obv the borderlines are permeable. First wave punk rock is pretty much all late boomers born in the mid-late 50s.
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
You guys know that, like, John Lennon and Bob Dylan were not themselves boomers, right?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but the people that defined gen x werent the actual gen x people! i mean yeah every teenage jerk had a rollins spoken word record but rollins was already old by then.
xpost so yeah what he said
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
In any case, if the people on that list (mostly celebrities from my early childhood) are Gen X, I'm definitely not part of Gen X. When did Gretzky peak? 1987?
xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
i mean james gandolfini is on the list and he got popular during the millenials so he must be one right
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
betty white is generation z
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
generation zzzzzzzz
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
AP and sund4r both OTM. A) the barriers are permeable, with years of overlap, and B) the figures who influence and represent the culture of a "generation", especially in its early days, aren't always precisely of it.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Vince Neil Generation O_o
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
my xp - which just restates the obvious point that the culture that defines any given generation is probably in large part the product of the previous generation. the boomers were influenced by the music of artists who were born at the end of the silent generation (like otis redding and bob dylan), gen exors were influenced by folks born at the end of the boom era, banksy and young jeezy are gen exors, etc.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
Punk & Proto-punk Boomers:Siouxsie Sioux, b. 1957Chad Polling (The Suburbs), b. 1957Johny Lydon, b. 1956Joey Ramone, b. 1951David Byrne, b. 1952Richard Hell, b. 1949Gerald Casale (DEVO), b. 1948Iggy Pop, b. 1947David Bowie, b. 1947
a couple avant-garde dudes from the Silent Generation:Captain Beefheart, b 1941 Frank Zappa, b 1940
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
Jello Biafra b. 1958
― sarahell, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables was released spring semester, Obama's freshmen year at college.
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Oops, sophmore year.
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Siouxsie and the Banshees released their first album first semester of Obama's Senior year.
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
^^^senior year of high school
Albums released during Obama's freshman year of high school:
Wish You Were Here - Pink FloydCaress of Steel - RushThe Who by Numbers - The WhoRock of the Westies - Elton JohnCome Taste the Band - Deep purpleDreamboat Annie - HeartLazy Afternoon - Barbara StreisandNighthawks at the Diner - Tom WaitsRadio-Activity - KraftwerkSun and Steel - Iron ButterflyZuma - Neil YoungABBA's Greatest HitsA Night at the Opera - QueenCrisis? What Crisis? - SupertrampDiscreet Music - Brian EnoNazareth's Greatest HitsEquinox - StyxWe Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll - Black SabbathStation to Station - David BowieFuturistic Dragon - T. RexLook into the Future - JourneyRun with the Pack - Bad CompanyEagles Greatest HitsA Trick of the Tail - GenesisDiana Ross self-titledThe Third Reich 'n Roll - The ResidentsDestroyer - KissSad Wings of Destiny - Judas PriestRamones self-titledRocks - AerosmithHigh Voltage - AC/DCThe Royal Scam - Steely DanTurnstiles - Billy JoelAlice Cooper Goes to Hell - Alice Cooper
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
That's 1976, right?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
Rocks was 1975 though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
No, it wasn't, sorry. I meant Caress of Steel.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, it seems pretty obvious that anyone old enough to be releasing albums in 1977 would have to have been born during the baby boom or earlier, unless they were a child prodigy, perhaps.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkKt6zz6mws
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Nevermind came out my senior year of high school
Albums released during Barak Obama's senior year of high school:Love Bites - BuzzcocksRoad to Ruin - RamonesNever Say Die! - Black SabbathBlue Valentine - Tom WaitsMusic For Films - Brian EnoNervous Breakdown - Black FlagNot Available - The ResidentsOutlandos d'Amour - The PoliceGive 'Em Enough Rope - The ClashThe Scream - Siouxsie and the BansheesGerm Free Adolescents - X-Ray SpexMidnight Oil - Midnight OilFirst Issue - Public Image LimitedD.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle - Throbbing GristleThe Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle - Sex pistolsLive at the Witch Trials - The FallRemote Control - The TubesIt's Alive - RamonesThree Imaginary Boys - The Cure
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Obama freshman year = 75-76senior year = 78-79
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
I totally want to send this thread to the WH and see if we can get some clarity on Obama's HS listening favorites
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
obama was only listening to hawaiian and indonesian music during that period of his life
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
gen x-y hawaiin music
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
god that is a horrible word to spell aiia
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Probably just sermons from an Indonesian madrassa
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
and spoken word tapes of the wasteland
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Ha ha! I read about that.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Choom gang totally smoked a b
― buzza, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
What he liked about conservative Eliot...
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Oops Bowl to the fountain of lamneth
― buzza, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Guys, I got addicted to this. This is my last list of Albums that came out while Obama was in school:
Albums that came out Obama's Senior year of college:
Garlands - Cocteau TwinsPeter Gabriel - self-titledForever Now - The Psychedelic FursA Broken Frame - Depeche Mode1999 - PrinceFriend or Foe - Adam AntKissing to Be Clever - Culture ClubShabooh Shoobah - INXSThe Sky's Gone Out - BauhausA Kiss in the Dreamhouse - Siouxsie and The BansheesOh, No! It's Devo - DevoSweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - EurythmicsThe Art of Falling Apart - Soft CellWhat Makes a Man Start Fires? - MunutemenPorcupine - Echo & The BunnymenWar - U2Confusion Is Sex - Sonic YouthQuick Step and Side Kick/Side Kicks - Thomson TwinsWhen the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going - Bow Wow WowThe Hurting - Tears for FearsMurmur - R.E.M.Whammy! - The B-52sHootenanny - The ReplacementsViolent Femmes - self-titledPower, Corruption & Lies - New OrderWith Sympathy - MinistryFeast - The CreaturesSpeaking in Tongues - Talking headsSynchronicity - The Police
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Multiple songs from the Reality Bites soundtrack originally came out while Obama was in high shool or college.
Dazed and Confused is set in the summer of 1976, the summer after Barak Obamna's freshmen year of high school.
http://www.zuguide.com/image/Wiley-Wiggins-Dazed-and-Confused.4.jpg
<drops mic>
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm convinced
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
New ILM poll coming in 3...2...
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
this totally needs to be a poll
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Were those lists supposed to prove that Obama is Gen X??
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
I like that the Peter Gabriel - self titled could mean that obama graduated at any time you want
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
OTM
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
SHOW ME THE DIPLOMA
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Diplomers!
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
it seems pretty obvious that anyone old enough to be releasing albums in 1977 would have to have been born during the baby boom or earlier, unless they were a child prodigy, perhaps.
Actually, I don't know if British people count as baby boomers in the same way? I think of the 'baby boomer' demographic in the US/Canada as one that was shaped and partially defined by the unprecedented prosperity in the postwar era, owing to the double advantage that we were on the winning side of WW2 and the war was not fought on our soil. Seems like things would have been different in a country that actually had to rebuild while losing all its colonies.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
The Sky's Gone Out - Bauhaus
Can't wait for our first goth president!
― I will transmit this information to (Viceroy), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
the peak baby boom birth year was 1957 - that person would be 18 in 1975. the unemployment average in 1975 was 8.5% and inflation was significantly higher than it is today.
― iatee, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link