Millennials (now with correct spelling)

[Tobias]

feel kinda bad for gen x tho

[mocat]

gen WW2 = before 1934
gen beatles = 1934-1945
boomers = 1946-1964
gen x = 1965-1980
millennials = 1981-1999
TLBTBD = 2000-present

look at mocat trying to rewrite history.

listen if you take the beatles out of the greatest generation, it's clearly not the greatest generation anymore

[steve dave]

Bernie Sanders? GMAFB

[MakeItRain]

The people who bitch the most about millennials often forget who raised us

Truf

[MakeItRain]

i just read something about how there are virtually no pop music icons that are Gen-X'rs. Spice Girls are the only excpetion. and Beyonce is barely a Gen-X. but pop was just not a thing for Gen-Xrs; only "alternative". Pop was reborn with millenials. interesting stuff.

That is spectacularly stupid

[mocat]

TAKE IT UP WITH THE AUTHOR, X-MAN!

[MakeItRain]

also, nobody liked the spice girls. I mean not even the spice girls liked the spice girls. it was thanks but no thanks mainstream media and major record labels, we'll decide on our own who we like and don't like.

That is spectacularly stupid



unless you meant that everyone LOVED the spice girls then that was brilliant

[MakeItRain]

TAKE IT UP WITH THE AUTHOR, X-MAN!

FINE, I WILL

[OK_Cat]

If you don't like the spice girls then we can't be bbs friends

[MakeItRain]

i just read something about how there are virtually no pop music icons that are Gen-X'rs. Spice Girls are the only excpetion. and Beyonce is barely a Gen-X. but pop was just not a thing for Gen-Xrs; only "alternative". Pop was reborn with millenials. interesting stuff.

Jennifer Lopez?

New Kids on the Block?

Janet Jackson?

Backstreet Boys?

janet jackson is definitely an exception. nkotb not really mainstreem pop but i could be wrong. bsb i thought were not that old. listen i didn't make the rules i just read this thing

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/paddlesteamer/generation_x__a_musical_introduction/

There is nearly a score of pop icons on there and he left some off namely the amazing Lisa Loeb and Boyz-to-Men. We changed the definition of pop music, snoop dogg played on the radio in SWKS for fucks sake. I'm going to kick the author's ass and yours, we all know millennials can't fight.

[Asteriskhead]

i just read something about how there are virtually no pop music icons that are Gen-X'rs. Spice Girls are the only excpetion. and Beyonce is barely a Gen-X. but pop was just not a thing for Gen-Xrs; only "alternative". Pop was reborn with millenials. interesting stuff.

Jennifer Lopez?

New Kids on the Block?

Janet Jackson?

Backstreet Boys?

janet jackson is definitely an exception. nkotb not really mainstreem pop but i could be wrong. bsb i thought were not that old. listen i didn't make the rules i just read this thing

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/paddlesteamer/generation_x__a_musical_introduction/

There is nearly a score of pop icons on there and he left some off namely the amazing Lisa Loeb and Boyz-to-Men. We changed the definition of pop music, snoop dogg played on the radio in SWKS for fucks sake. I'm going to kick the author's ass and yours, we all know millennials can't fight.

 

[mocat]

yeah lisa loeb and new kids on the block and boyz 2 men are right up there with the boomer lineup of michael, prince, madonna, and whitney houston

[mocat]

usher is a pretty big time pop-X'r tho

[DQ12]

i always forget about MIR's Lisa Loeb love.

[MakeItRain]

yeah lisa loeb and new kids on the block and boyz 2 men are right up there with the boomer lineup of michael, prince, madonna, and whitney houston

Glad we agree.

In all relative seriousness. The flaw of his analysis is that he shouldn't place these people by where they were born but who were the biggest consumers of their music, who made them famous. Baby boomers didn't make Michael Jackson famous. Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna are firmly in the MTV generation which obviously belongs to us. The boomers get the Beatles and Elvis as they were hated by the WW2 generation.

[CNS]

I agree with the consumer thought.  Could argue that some artists may belong to multiple gen's, though.

[mocat]

yeah lisa loeb and new kids on the block and boyz 2 men are right up there with the boomer lineup of michael, prince, madonna, and whitney houston

Glad we agree.

In all relative seriousness. The flaw of his analysis is that he shouldn't place these people by where they were born but who were the biggest consumers of their music, who made them famous. Baby boomers didn't make Michael Jackson famous. Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna are firmly in the MTV generation which obviously belongs to us. The boomers get the Beatles and Elvis as they were hated by the WW2 generation.

yeah this is all true. millenials do not listen to most of the people on that "Gen X" list tho. idk.

another thing that author did not consider is that boomers had like, zero options on what to listen to, which made big acts even bigger. and also there are ~30 million more boomer consumers than X'ers, so if you're measuring sales or something it would be very hard for an X artist to compare to that

[mocat]

look at this BS that was on my fb feed

[Dr Rick Daris]

being an x'er is like having to sit in the middle of the back seat between two spoiled unreasonable brats fighting with and trying to out do each other and all you want is to just be left alone to do your own thing. like, just leave us alone already.

[star seed 7]

Gen y constantly wants to be accepted by big bro gen x, but can't stand how much they have in common with the 'als

[Dr Rick Daris]

xer is moving to Oregon as soon as he gets out of college and will only return home to visit boomer, yer and ials every other Christmas.

[MakeItRain]

yeah lisa loeb and new kids on the block and boyz 2 men are right up there with the boomer lineup of michael, prince, madonna, and whitney houston

Glad we agree.

In all relative seriousness. The flaw of his analysis is that he shouldn't place these people by where they were born but who were the biggest consumers of their music, who made them famous. Baby boomers didn't make Michael Jackson famous. Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna are firmly in the MTV generation which obviously belongs to us. The boomers get the Beatles and Elvis as they were hated by the WW2 generation.

yeah this is all true. millenials do not listen to most of the people on that "Gen X" list tho. idk.

another thing that author did not consider is that boomers had like, zero options on what to listen to, which made big acts even bigger. and also there are ~30 million more boomer consumers than X'ers, so if you're measuring sales or something it would be very hard for an X artist to compare to that

There's no way to tell but I do think that Gen Xers purchased significantly more music than Boomers, like waaayyy more. I know I have purchased probally 30 fold more music than my parents combined and I bet that's pretty common for Gen X'ers. I also don't agree that boomers had less music, it's just how we access music has changed significantly with each generation. The difference between boomers and Xers was almost 100% tied to the proliferation of the music video and the compact disk which made acquiring music much cheaper. Connectivity has made the difference between Xers and millennials. I don't have as much access to new music because I am opposed to purchasing access through subscription services. I spend more money on music but get less access to it. I purchased a 1989 cd for like $15. A total ripoff but it's how I consume music.

[MakeItRain]

Did you guys see that Columbia House is returning to start a vinyl subscription service. You want to talk about bringing the generations together; boomers can be nostalgic about records, Xers can be nostalgic about stealing from Columbia House, and millennial hipsters can continue to act like vinyl produces the best sound.

[Cartierfor3]

Did you guys see that Columbia House is returning to start a vinyl subscription service. You want to talk about bringing the generations together; boomers can be nostalgic about records, Xers can be nostalgic about stealing from Columbia House, and millennial hipsters can continue to act like vinyl produces the best sound.

would sign up for.....

[MakeItRain]

If we're being honest here Generation Y has the best of everything and should prolly be mocked by millennials, Xers, and boomers for ripping off of all of us.