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To be this out of touch

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 16:59

I keep wondering what the kids are into today...each generation has it's "thing" right? The 70s had disco and punk..the 80s had Goths and New Wave and towards the end they had rave...which went on well into the 90s.

What do they do these days? Confused

I know they have Emo's but does that even have a "scene"? What else is there? What about the whole desperation to be famous thing...which seems to have infected a whole generation...is that now a "Scene" in itself?

Just wondering....some of you must have teens....I don't, mine are little and I am as old as the sea....[ancient face]

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TheUnmentioned · 08/10/2010 17:01

no idea, I am 29

borderslass · 08/10/2010 17:08

dd2 likes r&b

pinkdelight · 08/10/2010 17:09

I'm 35 and totally at a loss. I watched E! News last night and had no idea who anyone was. A year or two ago I was still reasonably well-apprised, but apparently I've crossed some line. They kept talking about a 'Demi' - Moore I assumed, but no, this one was about 15.

Music scene-wise, I suspected it's much more fragmented than past decades. Look how the charts have changed and how accessible a wider range of music is online. Think people have a much more electic mix, although there must still be things that are more 'in'. Who know what?!!

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 17:12

Yes pinkdelight...that sounds like a reasonable assumption...just seems a bit...don't know, maybe things move much faster or something. Cool for a month then gone in a flash...or maybe the Internet is their thing...and that's that. They spend a massive amount of time on Youtube making vids and stuff...

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mountainmonkey · 08/10/2010 17:52

I am 29 and also clueless. It seems to be all about recycling old movements and mixing it up. (You always see teens going round with Nirvana t-shirts despite the fact that they probably weren't even born when Kurt Cobain died. I saw baby size band t-shirts the other day - was a bit Hmm )
Times have changed - they have an array of music available at the click of a button. Society is harder to shock and there's less to rebel against- the boundaries have already been pushed to the limit.

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 18:40

Maybe they have mountainmonkey...but surely not...there are still some taboos even in our permissive society.

I was into music from the 60s and 70s when I was growing up in the late 80s and early 90s...so the Nirvana thing is to be expected I suppose...

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MakingRisotto · 08/10/2010 18:43

I hear they listen to nbubz...na-na-nay! Brap!

CardyMow · 08/10/2010 18:45

Pinkdelight - that would be Demi Lovato, another DIsney channel product. Can you tell I have a DD of almost 13yo...R&B is the 'big' thing, at least among DD and her friends. Lots of boys dressed like criminals and girls dresses like hookers...

jaebird · 08/10/2010 18:50

Dubstep

It's been bubbling along for a good 5 years and is just now reaching the mainstream.

TorcherQueenie · 08/10/2010 19:19

Scene is kind of a raver sort of style lots of make up dyed hair and very big hair sort of thing.

Emo is basically goth with more misery Grin

ShesEverSoFamous · 08/10/2010 19:26

Scene kids are happy and colourful emos apparently. Hmm

sharbie · 08/10/2010 19:30

my ds says dubstep

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 19:43

Dubstep....must be very old as never heard of it!

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 19:43

As in I must be very old...lol.

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MaMoTTaT · 08/10/2010 19:47

\link{\Dubstep) - apparently Grin

sharbie · 08/10/2010 19:51

Smile my ds is a dubstep dj/mixer so hope it is the next big thing

TeasingFireDragons · 08/10/2010 19:57

drum n bass has been about nearly a decade on mainstream, dubstep is a faster music that sounds more chilledout and slower. something to do with the key elements being faster. But there are a lot of different bits of music and there is the same split that there was a couple of decades ago when the north was a hive for the hardcore scence and the south which seemed to promote garage more.

Annie mac on r1 plays a good amount of dubstep (amongst everything else)

TechLovingDad · 08/10/2010 19:58

I'm quite glad I'm out of touch, most of the "celebs" i see are wishy washy arseholes.

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 19:59

I remember going to clubs in Manchester that played "Dub" inthe mid nineties...very different I suppose. Since I was a crazed club kid who only liked hardcore tecno it was weird for me.

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Ragwort · 08/10/2010 20:00

Haven't got a clue what you are talking about - I am very old, at my aerobics class today some of the girls were complaining that the instructor had put 'rock and roll' music on - that sounded just my sort of thing Grin. At least I still go to aerobics in my 50s.

IMoveTheStars · 08/10/2010 20:00

Wow, I know the answer to this one. Yep, tis dubstep.

Emo less so these days, but there's definitely a scene attached.

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ValentinCrimble · 08/10/2010 20:01

A scene attaced to Dubstep you mean JarethTGK?

What do they do? What's their thing?

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sharbie · 08/10/2010 20:05

yes someone please tell me Grin

IMoveTheStars · 08/10/2010 20:06

No, I meant Emo scene.

Dubstep? Not sure scene wise tbh.. I'd have to ask my little sister :)

(if she's anything to go by they don't watch TV, spend their lives on warcraft, have completed guitar hero on 'expert' and have an unhealthy addiction to YouTube, but I think my sister's an exception Wink)

TeasingFireDragons · 08/10/2010 20:08

actually Jareth that sounds pretty accurate. Grin