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magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
edited May 2011 in The Porch
What is wrong with the youth of today? i walked into my local cafe today and ordered a grilled chicken burger.
Next to the register are some postcards of really nice artwork by a local girl (a friend of the cafe owner). One is a portrait of Heath Ledger and there is another one there of Michael Hutchence. I said to the owner "Her artwork is great, get her to do a portrait of Eddie Vedder and I will buy one"
so he says: "who is Eddie Vedder"
There is another girl behind the counter.....she says: "I have no idea"
There are two other girls in the cafe from the local university (CSU) and they say " who is he?"
They were all pretty young maybe 22 and under.
I refused to answer them and told them all to google it.
so back to the initial question: What is wrong with the youth of today? completely uncultured?
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2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
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  • ParksyParksy Posts: 1,847
    it's sad really.

    I have two employees in their very early twenties.

    they know nothing about anything except Jersey Shore.

    I don't criticize them or bring them down at all.. but i seriously pity them and all who are like them
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I don't think there is anything "wrong" with them just because they don't know who Eddie Vedder is. I listen to several bands that I can't name one single member of. I'm sure the kids have probably at least heard of Pearl Jam, but if not, it's no big deal. They're a different generation, with a different pop culture radar. I can't name one member of Duran Duran, and I'm sure for people who were teenagers in the 80's there is something wrong with me.

    There are a lot of things I think are "wrong" with the youth of today. Whether or not they know who Eddie Vedder is does not top my list.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • stipe19stipe19 Posts: 237
    Who is this Eddie Vedder you speak of? And of course snookie rules!!!!!
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    stipe19 wrote:
    Who is this Eddie Vedder you speak of? And of course snookie rules!!!!!

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  • magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I don't think there is anything "wrong" with them just because they don't know who Eddie Vedder is. I listen to several bands that I can't name one single member of. I'm sure the kids have probably at least heard of Pearl Jam, but if not, it's no big deal. They're a different generation, with a different pop culture radar. I can't name one member of Duran Duran, and I'm sure for people who were teenagers in the 80's there is something wrong with me.

    There are a lot of things I think are "wrong" with the youth of today. Whether or not they know who Eddie Vedder is does not top my list.

    yeah, i guess / know there is nothing wrong with them for not knowing. I guess it just makes it hit home how old i am getting.....
    2009 ~ Melbourne
    2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
    2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
    2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
    2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)

    "Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    magga1976 wrote:

    yeah, i guess / know there is nothing wrong with them for not knowing. I guess it just makes it hit home how old i am getting.....

    I hear you, I guess that moment came for me the first time I heard Pearl Jam played on the "Classic Rock" radio station. Or when their videos started coming on VH1 Classic.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • appieappie Posts: 1,441
    I quess oldies like us,most keep rock alive... :D
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    h8 2 w8 for concerts
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    appie wrote:
    I quess oldies like us,most keep rock alive... :D

    You guys go ahead, I'll meet up with you after Murder She Wrote, then we'll totally keep rock alive.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • appieappie Posts: 1,441
    SatansFuton wrote:
    appie wrote:
    I quess oldies like us,most keep rock alive... :D

    You guys go ahead, I'll meet up with you after Murder She Wrote, then we'll totally keep rock alive.

    I go watch Dallas and will be there.....
    Pearl Jam 4 live
    h8 2 w8 for concerts
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Rad
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
    that all sounds gnarly dudes.....cowabunga
    2009 ~ Melbourne
    2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
    2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
    2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
    2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)

    "Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
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  • eddiefan1992eddiefan1992 Posts: 231
    magga1976 wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I don't think there is anything "wrong" with them just because they don't know who Eddie Vedder is. I listen to several bands that I can't name one single member of. I'm sure the kids have probably at least heard of Pearl Jam, but if not, it's no big deal. They're a different generation, with a different pop culture radar. I can't name one member of Duran Duran, and I'm sure for people who were teenagers in the 80's there is something wrong with me.

    There are a lot of things I think are "wrong" with the youth of today. Whether or not they know who Eddie Vedder is does not top my list.

    yeah, i guess / know there is nothing wrong with them for not knowing. I guess it just makes it hit home how old i am getting.....

    Which is why I am passing PJ onto my kids...gotta keep good music alive. there's too much crap out there these days.
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,740
    eddiefan1992 wrote:
    Which is why I am passing PJ onto my kids...gotta keep good music alive. there's too much crap out there these days.
    That's a good parent! :)
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  • magga1976magga1976 Albury NSW Australia Posts: 522
    People need to keep spreading the JAM!
    2009 ~ Melbourne
    2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
    2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
    2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
    2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)

    "Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
    <a href="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs28/f/2008/157/3/7/Do_the_Evolution_by_ragnarok2k3.gif"</a&gt;
    <img src="http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs28/f/2008/157/3/7/Do_the_Evolution_by_ragnarok2k3.gif"&gt;
  • Mikee JMikee J Posts: 1,323
    I've travelled alot over the years and been to to some pretty far out places, places where people hadn't even heard of Michael Jackson.... its not that surprising, Eddie isn't that famous in the scheme of things. Perhaps next time you could use an opportunity like that to spread the word.... ?

    I haven't heard of half the music my nieces and nephews listen to, does that make me uncultured?
    :)
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    magga1976 wrote:
    What is wrong with the youth of today? i walked into my local cafe today and ordered a grilled chicken burger.
    Next to the register are some postcards of really nice artwork by a local girl (a friend of the cafe owner). One is a portrait of Heath Ledger and there is another one there of Michael Hutchence. I said to the owner "Her artwork is great, get her to do a portrait of Eddie Vedder and I will buy one"
    so he says: "who is Eddie Vedder"
    There is another girl behind the counter.....she says: "I have no idea"
    There are two other girls in the cafe from the local university (CSU) and they say " who is he?"
    They were all pretty young maybe 22 and under.
    I refused to answer them and told them all to google it.
    so back to the initial question: What is wrong with the youth of today? completely uncultured?
    I can see how this new generation might not know them ... not a lot of radio play etc
    and they are old to them :shock: :o

    often physical attraction rules the young girls ;)

    I think if they keep playing festivals that will help ....
    the young will run across them in their travels

    but really those kids might just have been Lady Gaga fans... 'walk to the beat of a different drummer'
  • SM15354SM15354 Posts: 12
    I experienced nearly the same thing. I was talking to the person who cuts my hair and mentioned the new R.E.M. cd.
    Just a blank stare.
    I asked "Michael Stipe? 15 albums? Monster? Anything?"
    Blank stare.
    I realize not everyone's a fan, but what rock do you have to be living under to not know PJ or R.E.M.?
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    about being old...there's a new classic rock station in orlando. i just saw the bilboard yesterday.

    ALICE IN CHAINS
    MOTLEY CRUE
    PEARL JAM

    CLASSIC ROCK!!

    it was quite the realization.

    but to your original post yea of course kids suck..you're old. just like old people didn't like me.
  • nevmilesnevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I don't think there is anything "wrong" with them just because they don't know who Eddie Vedder is. I listen to several bands that I can't name one single member of. I'm sure the kids have probably at least heard of Pearl Jam, but if not, it's no big deal. They're a different generation, with a different pop culture radar. I can't name one member of Duran Duran, and I'm sure for people who were teenagers in the 80's there is something wrong with me.

    There are a lot of things I think are "wrong" with the youth of today. Whether or not they know who Eddie Vedder is does not top my list.

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  • OwlOwl Posts: 1,062
    eddiefan1992 wrote:
    there's too much crap out there these days.

    Guess, that's when you realize you're getting old :lol:
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,872
    "the wisdom that the old can't give away"

    instead of lamenting that these kids don't know anything maybe you should have mentioned who he was and suggest a song you think they might like. maybe suggest a song that might speak to their age group. definitely something from Ten or Vs. were written from a perspective of that age group. Maybe a Leash, Porch, RearViewMirror. just maybe say something like 'oh he is the lead singer of Pearl Jam, you should check out a few of their songs, maybe a song like Leash or Porch from their early days.' don't beat them up for their not knowing and don't try and force them to like it, but give a suggestion. maybe one checks it out on Itunes and likes it and starts to explore more from the boys.

    remember not everyone gets exposed to the same art. all we can do is give someone a hint and suggestion to take a look and maybe they will like it or not. if you've never seen a painting from a famous artist you can't be sure you don't like it.
  • i shit and i stinki shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    Great! that means PJ are not corporate branded well-packaged household-name trash like U2. I'm sure all those kids know who Bono is and they haven't made a good album in 20 years. This post gives me some hope that we are still cool, even if some of us are getting old.
    we're all going to the same place...
  • i shit and i stinki shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    Mikee J wrote:
    I've travelled alot over the years and been to to some pretty far out places, places where people hadn't even heard of Michael Jackson.... its not that surprising :)

    true, half the people I know here in Poland have never heard of Pearl Jam.
    we're all going to the same place...
  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    My 19 year old daughter linked these 2 videos on her Facebook page in the past 2 days. Some of them get it. I am proud as can be that my daughter can see through the shit and understand what is really going on.

    Michael Franti
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ud5sMV2uu8

    And this one from Ed which made me proudest....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgUPI45OTI
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  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
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  • cajunkiwicajunkiwi Posts: 984
    i shit and i stink wrote:
    Great! that means PJ are not corporate branded well-packaged household-name trash like U2. I'm sure all those kids know who Bono is and they haven't made a good album in 20 years. This post gives me some hope that we are still cool, even if some of us are getting old.

    I was about to disagree and point out that Achtung Baby was an awesome album... and then I thought about how long ago it was released. 1991 really doesn't seem that long ago, but it's 20 freaking years! Zooropa was the last U2 album I really liked, and even that was released 18 years ago.

    Damn I feel old.
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • Jon ChorbaJon Chorba Posts: 268
    Sometimes I feel the same way, that the youth today is lost. But then there are great moments when a 14 year old kid calls me up to take lessons and says, "I'm really into the early 90's stuff, like, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains"

    Makes me smile, all the time! :)


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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,740
    i shit and i stink wrote:
    half the people I know here in Poland have never heard of Pearl Jam.
    Same thing in Greece. That's why Pearl Jam must come back in Greece immediately. :)
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    magga1976 wrote:
    yeah, i guess / know there is nothing wrong with them for not knowing. I guess it just makes it hit home how old i am getting.....
    This makes me feel sad. :( It makes me feel old, too. But don't worry about it; many youngER people do know who they are, and the whole scene is different now than it was back then. Times, they change, always, as we all know. But, hey, I wasn't even alive when Led Zeppelin was popular or when Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison were making music, but I have been listening to them my whole life. Pearl Jam will live on forever like that. Some people will get it, some won't. We're the lucky ones. We were THERE dude!! :lol::lol:
  • Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    eddiefan1992 wrote:
    magga1976 wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I don't think there is anything "wrong" with them just because they don't know who Eddie Vedder is. I listen to several bands that I can't name one single member of. I'm sure the kids have probably at least heard of Pearl Jam, but if not, it's no big deal. They're a different generation, with a different pop culture radar. I can't name one member of Duran Duran, and I'm sure for people who were teenagers in the 80's there is something wrong with me.

    There are a lot of things I think are "wrong" with the youth of today. Whether or not they know who Eddie Vedder is does not top my list.

    yeah, i guess / know there is nothing wrong with them for not knowing. I guess it just makes it hit home how old i am getting.....

    Which is why I am passing PJ onto my kids...gotta keep good music alive. there's too much crap out there these days.
    Yup...my plan too. The Who and Neil Young have cropped up as a couple of my 9 year-old son's "new" favorites as a result.
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