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Generation Gap

Opinion 

Yet ANOTHER opinion on why today’s music sucks

July 14, 2022July 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Generation Gap, Music

Over the past few weeks, I’ve run across a number of articles that contend that today’s music sucks. (See here,

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Controversy 

“Why is modern music so awful?” Discuss.

July 27, 2020July 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Generation Gap

If you’ve noticed that you’re moving into your Grandpa Simpson years when it comes to the appreciateion of music, you

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Music History 

Has science explained the generation gap between old-school hip-hop and modern rap?

February 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Generation Gap, Hip-hop, Rap

Every generation believes that their music is the best music of all time. Younger fans don’t get/care about the music

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Music News 

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 756: The More Thing Change, The More They Stay the Same, Part 2

May 20, 2016May 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Generation Gap

When it comes to music, we all end up becoming our parents when it comes to our attitudes about music.

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Music News 

10 Things Your Kids Won’t Understand About Music

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

When it comes to talking about certain aspects of music with my teenage nephew, I might as well be speaking

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Guest Blog 

Got Kids You Want to Educate About Music? Follow This Guy’s Lead.

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bobby Keys, Dead Artists, Generation Gap, Ian McLagan, Jack Bruce, Joe Cocker, Rolling Stones

This comes from a reader named Chris who believes that it’s his job as a father to educate his kids

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