Okay, but again, MOST people I grew up with knew a whole lot of music from the 70s, 60s, 50s and even 40s (and CERTAINLY from the time we were born and forward 5-10 years). I knew stuff by Glenn Miller, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Ella Fitzgerald etc. And stuff from around when I was born? I knew TONS. I mean, I was…

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I was back in college in 2008 (I'm 42) and working for the second time at the college radio station I'd worked at from 1990-92. Somehow I came around to referencing The Breeders' "Cannonball" in conversation with some young thing, and she didn't know it. I hummed the bass riff to her..nope. When I expressed…

Is this a "reference"? Because I'm lost, and also I love that fucking movie.

Why? Because life sucks and is unfair? Therapy won't change that.

Or, alternately, she just hit the genetic lottery. It does happen.

Some MUCH more/less than others.

Disagree with literally every single thing you just said. Can't stand Perfect Kiss, either. New Order was 3 of the 4 same people playing, yes—but in the service of a VERY different narrative, emotionally and compositionally. Sumner put aside any 'rock' in his guitar playing, Hooky resigned himself to making the bass…

90% of New Order's output is lyrically inane and musically devoid of dynamic or soul.

God, what it must be like to be a ridiculously pretty—physically perfect, really—girl. Literally a completely different life than, say, a short, fat, ugly, broke guy (e.g. me). Hard to even conceive.

Chris Wallace.

Second-most overrated rapper ever, non-Lil Wayne division.

Mostly everybody but me is stupid, yes.

No.

Kinda, yeah, along with like 12 other post-Radiohead post-dreampop or piano-rock bands. I just wish they could have gotten weirder without getting so art-for-art's sake. Ok Computer was the perfect combo of alt-prog and actual songwriting chops, but that wasn't good enough for ol' Yorkie.

I think so too, but there's something about girls of various brown-ness (or non-whiteness) with girlie-girl baby voices that just leaves me undone. A best of both worlds deal for me.

Possibly, but I really thought I heard a 'sk' and then that mumbled schwa-l thing, not a long o'd "(s)oul"..and again, I figured it made sense, like he was in torment from this desire to the point thay it was like being stabbed in the head. Or something.

"They’re ain’t no God!”

Perhaps.

Respect.