This is on purpose. Kids can’t like the same things as their parents. They have to look for things their parents are against to feel rebellious and independent. For my generation it was nu metal. My mother was used to nice, elegant men wearing suits and considered any artist with esthetics rougher then Julio Iglesias as ‘not nice’. So we had Korn, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and other weirdos. We had violence and gore to shock our parents and can’t be shocked with that so kids today have overly ‘erotic’ artists like Cardy B. ‘Look ma, I’m listening to an ex stripper. You don’t like that, right?’. Musically our artists were too aggressive for our parents and kids today have rap which for me sounds simply boring. And that’s fine, that’s by design. If my generation was into those artists kids wouldn’t like them. Of course the biggest artists are the ones that manage to span generations like Taylor Swift but that’s for non-rebellious part of society that just likes things they already know.
I’m sitting here reading your comment, thinking about how I’m 55 and listening to Lorna Shore and Whitechapel while my 4 year old son listens to Maroon 5 and Bruno Mars.
My kid went in the musical theater direction, which I was cool with. You have to put up with the “Look at me! Look at me!” energy from multiple kids at once, but they’re good kids, with lots of confidence, once they are away from the bullies and assholes. And they tend to be really funny in a smart way.
This is on purpose. Kids can’t like the same things as their parents. They have to look for things their parents are against to feel rebellious and independent. For my generation it was nu metal. My mother was used to nice, elegant men wearing suits and considered any artist with esthetics rougher then Julio Iglesias as ‘not nice’. So we had Korn, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and other weirdos. We had violence and gore to shock our parents and can’t be shocked with that so kids today have overly ‘erotic’ artists like Cardy B. ‘Look ma, I’m listening to an ex stripper. You don’t like that, right?’. Musically our artists were too aggressive for our parents and kids today have rap which for me sounds simply boring. And that’s fine, that’s by design. If my generation was into those artists kids wouldn’t like them. Of course the biggest artists are the ones that manage to span generations like Taylor Swift but that’s for non-rebellious part of society that just likes things they already know.
I’m sitting here reading your comment, thinking about how I’m 55 and listening to Lorna Shore and Whitechapel while my 4 year old son listens to Maroon 5 and Bruno Mars.
They’re only 4, there’s still time :D
My kid went in the musical theater direction, which I was cool with. You have to put up with the “Look at me! Look at me!” energy from multiple kids at once, but they’re good kids, with lots of confidence, once they are away from the bullies and assholes. And they tend to be really funny in a smart way.
I love theater kids.