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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 44 points 2 days ago

MCA died 13 years ago next month-- not too surprising kids born around 2000 or 2010 wouldn't have heard much of them.

[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 26 points 2 days ago

I mean it really depends on what music their parents listen to about 90% of the time

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 14 points 2 days ago

I didn't realize until adulthood that some households don't really prioritize music. My parents were always playing and telling me about the music they grew up with (classic rock, because I'm old and they're older)

Every once in a while I'll meet a peer who's like "oh yeah we didn't have a lot of records" and I'm like oh that checks out with you not knowing the velvet underground

But I try not to be a jerk about people not knowing stuff, because no one needs that.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

My dad never listened to music from his own era. He only ever listens to classical music. I'm not really a fan of music from his era, but I probably know more about it than he does.

[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yup. I was really quiet old before I heard much Elvis or Michael Jackson. My parents just never had it on in the house. My best friends dad had a tattoo of Elvis, but still.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My daughter loves Michael Jackson.

It’s funny, I never much liked his music before aside from a couple big songs. Now that I’m always hearing it, I regularly catch myself singing along and enjoying it.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Sorry, I'm not keen on classical music

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 29 points 2 days ago

If you end it there it's a tragedy. But if you use the "1 in 10,000" approach and introduce them to both their music and how it changed music, then you might win another fan. You might even get a "oh, yeah, I've heard that riff".

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

I mean theyre pretty tame by modern standards.

Here's WKUK doing a take on Intergalactic

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I'm a Beastie Boys fan, but I don't think most of their stuff stands the test of time. Other than Paul's Boutique and Sabotage, they weren't really groundbreaking most of the time. They were fun, and had some good tunes, but I wouldn't list them as one of the groundbreaking acts that changed music.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Ditto - plus, Pharcyde were dominating them at the time with clever lyrics, and Beastie Boys themselves knew they couldn't compete

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

A girl called me a sexy beastie boy on the bus freshman yr college. Went to HS with one of their brothers, where their original drummer went. Used to bump check your head on the boo box. Youth are intolerable

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 10 points 1 day ago

That kid probably woke up late for school and didn't want to go.

[-] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 15 points 2 days ago
[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

The best kind of correct. Same goes for N.W.A and Black Sabbath.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

Heard of them, but couldn't name a single song or pinpoint their genre.

Checked out a song on YT to get an idea and it was literally just a generic boy band. I mean... I guess their songs rhyme? But then, so do nursery rhymes, and they haven't been my thing for quite a while now.

To each their own.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

Now this is how you troll. Well done.

[-] bamboo 18 points 2 days ago

Amazing. Every word you just said was wrong.

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

It's so weird how people on the Internet will see a group talking about how they all like or at least appreciate something, and the one person has to make sure everyone knows just how dumb and ridiculous they think that thing is.

I'm curious what kind of objectively better music an enlightened soul like yourself considers good.

[-] Affidavit@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

The Teletubbies theme song was pretty cool.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 14 points 2 days ago

"Generic Boy Band" hahahahah

I'm not a fan of them, but they are anything but a "boy band". They aren't GQ/looks driven, their success origin was spoofing rap music, they're incredibly talented/skilled musicians who have been compared to the likes of Medeski, Martin and Wood.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

literally just a generic boy band

They're not generally what people refer to with the term "boy band".

A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_band

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Um, they're a band, and their name clearly states that they're "boys". Ergo, a boy band. QED.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I think I prefer beast band

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Are you saying you “CAN’T STAND IT?”

[-] canatella@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

No, I mean "I KNOW YOU PLANNED IT"

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

"I'MA SET IT STRAIGHT THIS WATERGATEGATE"

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago

Looks like we lost the fight for our right to party.

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Saw a guy at work in a BB shirt on Friday.

[-] IndieSpren 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I've not heard of them either...

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