Homer was crushed when he realized that his music, which he had always believed achieved perfection in 1974, wasn’t cool anymore.
The music you grew up with had grown old, morphing from vital, zeitgeist-capturing sounds into something the world was now calling classic or, heaven forbid, oldies.
In North America, commercial music-based radio stations present themselves by promising to provide a specific type of programming.
First, a classic rock station could rebrand itself as “classic hits,” the new industry euphemism for “oldies.”
And just like Boomer Homer, Gen X continued to hang on tight to the music of their youth because, well, it was perfect, you know?.
Gen X is just going to have to come to terms with the fact that they’re the new classic rock generation.
And before Millennials and Gen Zers get too smug, remember the immortal words of Abe Simpson: “It’ll happen to yoooouuuu!”. »
