Kids These Days: “Who Are the Stone Roses?”
With the announcement of the Stone Roses as part of the Coachella line-up comes this Tumblr blog that highlights the clueless nature of some music fans. If you have no idea who the Stone Roses or Blur are, then your Coachella privileges need to be permanently revoked.
We're getting old, Alan. After about 30 years of being cultural tastemakers, Generation X is now becoming irrelevant and a lot of our musical heroes are being greeted with a shrug after even just a few years out of the spotlight.
My suggestion to these kids, listen to the instrumental second half of "I Am The Resurrection" and they'll be acquainted with who the Stone Roses are very quickly.
Of course, there's this episode to help…
http://www.mixcloud.com/OGHONMfan/whats-the-big-deal-about-the-stone-roses/
It's sad, really. I'm close in age to most of these clueless music fans yet, I knew of the Stone Roses years before I ever heard their music. That is how important a band they are. It just shows that most "hipsters" are selective music fans that don't acknowledge or appreciate the past. I actually have you to thank, Alan, for getting me into the Stone Roses through an Ongoing History show you did on this amazing band several years ago.
Speaking of "kids these days," the band Kids These Days is one you gotta see. I saw them live a few weeks ago, and I can guarantee you won't leave their show disappointed.