# How to tell when music has passed you by.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-when-music-has-passed-you-by/425489>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-when-music-has-passed-you-by/425489 "2007-11-07T00:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-when-music-has-passed-you-by/425489/21 "2007-11-07T21:32:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink]

I keep meaning to someday find out what Radiohead and the White Stripes sound like.  
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Can’t help you on Radiohead, but the White Stripes music I have heard, limited to be sure, sounds just like Led Zeppelin to me (and it is pretty good.)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-when-music-has-passed-you-by/425489/22 "2007-11-07T22:07:17Z")

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It starting passing me by in the late 90s/early oughts. About when I started saying “I can’t understand the words” and “Why are they screaming?” I feel so old fogey.

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