Just keep laughing, holding those tears in your eyes, because boys don’t cry…
Honestly, this is a tale as old as time.
Back in the 90s, I remember the one and only time a teacher ever “embarrassed” the son of the richest family in town. He was one of those kids that thought he was God’s gift to the Earth, and pretty much every adult in the school system treated him as such.
Then one day he was loudly raving about “this new band called AC/DC” and the 6th grade teacher had an absolute blast telling everybody how hilarious that statement was.
For those not in the know, AC/DC was incredibly famous, basically a household name, and had been so for literally decades at that point. And this kid acted like they were brand new up and coming band that nobody had ever heard of before.
Anyway, I had no empathy. He was a shithead bully of the worst kind, so I’m sure that one time he got made fun of really stung and he fucking deserved it.
Had this happen with my teenage nephew. He was talking about how’s really getting into this band that I’ve probably never heard of called Deftones. He seemed really disappointed when I showed him a high school picture of myself circa 1999 wearing a Deftones t shirt.
I’m pretty sure my uncle had never heard of Suicide or Neu!
If I were your uncle, I would have. (Great bands, both of them.) In truth, the weight of history just gets heavier all the time with new great bands coming along as we type. I bet it wasn’t as bad when the Sonics, the VU or the 13th Floor Elevators roamed the Earth…
As much as this is a trend that has always happened I think it’s much more common now with the prevalence of music streaming and the internet. Anyone can look up any music anytime and listen. This exposes people to way more music than just new stuff or stuff they know from their parents
I swear that, on top of dressing exactly like we did in the 90s, most of my college students are into the exact same music we were: Metallica, Nirvana, RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, Gorillaz, are all bands they actively listen too, amongst others. I even had a punch of Primus obssesed dudes once.
What did you teach and when?
2008 was Mew, Mogwai, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Andrew Bird, Menomena, The Flaming Lips, Spoon, and Godspeed You Black Emperor among others.
…I studied social sciences.
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written.
Some Christian Metal group already took the name, “Azlan”. At least the name, “Shadowfax” was taken by an 80’s instrumental band that just rips.
I actually had that experience with my dad once. Back in high school I was blasting Pornography and he told me that he likes Siouxsie and The Banshees better and by the way Robert Smith played on Hyena. Mind blown.
I thought ahead, and started making my daughter listen to Bauhaus at six months.
This is the way.
As a kid I thought AC/DC was a relatively unknown band based on the fact that only one or two of my classmates had heard of them.
are you the bully from the other comment
You’re probably mistaking me for someone else.
Unfathomable to an Australian, Ackadacka is a band that Crosses generations here.
relatively unknown
Relatively to your friend circle they were unknown.
I mean, you were right in a sense. But otherwise wrong
At least the kid was listening to the music. I’ve lost count of the number of kids walking around in “Cure,” “Def Leppard,” “Poison,” etc. shirts who have NFC about the band. They just think the shirt looks cool. Which… of course it is, but look it up on YouTube or something, FFS!
A few years ago my daughter asked for a Sublime shirt. I jokingly told her to name three of their songs. She replies “It’s a band?” 🤦
I’m genuinely curious how many have looked into the bands on their shirts. Most of the ones I’ve seen represent some genuinely good stuff.
Unledded.
They just think the shirt looks cool.
This was a normal way for people back in the 90s to be introduced to a band, too.
Perhaps nature is healing.
At least you can always tap their shirt to learn more though!
Billy Bragg told a story last year about being in a clothing shop somewhere in the southern USA, and when the salesperson discovered his name and that he was a singer/songwriter, she told him there used to be a Billy Bragg back in the '80s who was ‘pretty good.’
Bobcat Goldthwait has a joke about someone coming up to him and saying “No offense, but has anyone ever told you that you look like Bobcat Goldthwait?”
Tony Hawk Syndrome
I wonder what he’s up to now.
He’s taking a fridge around Ireland.
Eating and sleeping, I bet.
At the same time? Can that man fail at anything?
he just sold one of his skateboards for several million bucks.
I saw this on Colbert last night
Supposedly, Charlie Chaplin once came in something other than first (I think I read sixth, but wouldn’t swear to it) in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
Yeah Dolly Parton lost to a drag queen in a Dolly Parton lookalike contest 😂
pretty sure that has happened to a lot of famous people
Yes, but how many of them named an album after the incident?
I found The Smiths insufferable when I was young and I still find them insufferable.
Still like a few of their songs, but fucking GROW UP, JESUS CHRIST.
Oh fuck. My 13 year old says to me just a week ago “the Smiths are my absolute favorite band dad.” Fuck me. Where did I go wrong?
that’s because Morrissey is an insufferably pretentious douche. you can tell he was to blame because he went solo and continued torturing eardrums.
Johnny Marr did okay when he went solo. a little uneven, but better than Morrissey.
I was goth. We never listened to The Smiths.
This whole thread is bullshit.
I had goth friends, but was more into emo/screamo. THEY’RE NOT THE SAME THING OKAY.
Your haaaair is eeeeeverywheeeere!
There’s Dashboard, then there’s 3 Days Grace. They are not the same.
They’re the definition of I am 14 and this is deep
Nah, Morrissey was always a know-it-all prick and a lot of the lyrics are dripping in irony. “Keats and Yeats are on your side, but you lose because Wilde is on mine” - Really, Steven?
Are they really? I have to admit that I do like them, but I was under the impression that their lyrics where mostly meant to be funny. But then again, I don’t always pay attention to the lyrics 😅
I’m excited for when this happens to my. My wife is super close minded about music and won’t listen to anything not on the radio and I’m the opposite. My hope is at least one of my kids will be into weird stuff. If I’m lucky it’ll be both.
IME it only takes one music loving parent genre blind parent to get kids who are eclectic listeners.
TikTok, oddly, has also gotten them into a lot of old music. I’ll come home and they are listening to Depeche Mode or Boz Scaggs.
If this ever happens to you, it’s important that you act clueless and wary.
But then find your ticket stubs from the Curiosa Festival tour in 2005. The night your got daughter was conceived.
