# Isn't it about time for popular music to start annoying old people again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791 "2002-04-10T05:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/21 "2002-04-12T04:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*A few characteristics that will help define “the next big thing”. > > It will be made by musicians who have little interest in commercial success. It will however end up with major commercial success. > > It will be made by musicians who have genuine talent. It will end up being imitated by lesser talents looking for a buck. > > It will not be immediately successful in mainstream media. It will end being overexposed by the same media. > > It will have some controversial aspect that will lead many older listeners to reject it. It will end up being embraced by many younger listeners who are seeking their own musical identity. \*\* I hope that’s sarcasm I smell. People who hate hip-hop are already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/22 "2002-04-18T23:52:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by longjohn \* > \*\*GuanoLad - maybe, but I’m going on 27 and still like quite a bit of stuff that is considered “cutting edge” today - the quirkly little bands on indie labels, this downtempo jazzy electronica that seems to be everywhere on “Chill-out” compilations, But i take your point. What would be the point of the music beloved by today’s youth if it didn’t piss off old gits? The music of my youth was Drum n Bass, and old gits and house purists loathed that. > > Uke - you’ve got me there. I had never heard of Fabian, but from what i can find on the net, he appeared to be very handsome, well groomed, with all the innate musical ability of a horny tomcat. So yes, i guess. > > Javaman - you want more musical rap? Try MC Solaar, The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Jazzmatazz, Lethal Injection by Ice Cube. More on request. \*\* O.K., to be fair I have heard some rap songs I like, but it’s just been offhand, so I couldn’t tell you what they were. Probably by some of the artists you mentioned. Especially if the group plays instruments instead of just sampling (or has a band playing with them), I’m much more receptive. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/23 "2002-04-19T01:35:53Z")
What can they do that we haven’t done already? [Obligatory Onion Reference](http://www.theonion.com/onion3703/marilyn_mason.html) ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/24 "2002-04-19T14:02:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > \*\* > People who hate hip-hop are already dead. \*\* Oh yeah? I just checked my pulse, and it’s still there. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sgt.J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.J)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/25 "2002-04-19T21:55:22Z")
Originally posted by \*\* kuroashi \*\* > [@](#): > > maybe it’s just that record execs, scouts and deejays are morons As a deejay (the radio kind) I’d like to point out that the Music Industry just follows the trends, and that many of us hate the CRAP your F\*&%ing kids make us produce/play. WOW! I feel much better! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791/26 "2002-04-21T06:33:21Z")
See this is what I’m talking about. Up to this week, I thought Emo was the guy with the weird haircut who married Judy Tenuta. Now I see it’s probably the gathering wave of pop music. So I’ll go out, buy some CD’s, and a couple years from now, I’ll be able to impress the hell out of my nieces and nephews when I say “Jimmy Eat World? Sure I’ve heard their new CD. I’ve been listening to them for years.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-about-time-for-popular-music-to-start-annoying-old-people-again/102791.md?page=1)