10 Things Your Kids Won’t Understand About Music

June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments

When it comes to talking about certain aspects of music with my teenage nephew, I might as well be speaking some dead Kalahari bushman dialect. Although we have a lot in common, there’s just as much dividing us. For example, when I told him about lining up at midnight on a Monday to be among the first to buy a hot new album at 12:01am, he looked at me like I was a bad smell.

Pigeons and Planes has this gallery of things that your kids just won’t understand about music. They include

Album jackets, artwork and liner notes.
The concept of waiting to hear new music or waiting to see a cool new video.
Taping songs off the radio.

Once you go through the list, feel free to add anything else you think your kids won’t get. And while you’re at it, tell them to stay off my damn lawn.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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