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I suppose I could go along with saying that pop music was at its peak in 1971, as the strip suggests, but there are other years both before and after that are also contenders.
What is unquestionable, though, is that pop music died on Saturday, July 1st, 1989 when I was thirty years old. Because thatās the day Milli Vanilli first got a song to #1.
When I was 12? Are you kidding? When that stupid song was constantly playing on commercials? That must be the the dumbestā Wait, didnāt that one game come out in the same year? Maybe it was the best period. Then again, the movies released in that year were a mixed bag. I need to think on this.
This comic speaks to me. One of my pet peeves is all the comments under music videos by old boomers (like me) whining about how our music was so much better than the crap being written today. God that gets tiresome!! And of course, we boomers conveniently forget how often the older (than us) generation dismissed our music. Bottom line, just because I donāt care something (e.g. rap) doesnāt make it bad.
Oh yes, and letās stop bragging about how we walked to school in the snow up-hill, both ways. Yes, we didnāt wear bike helmets or seatbelts. Yes, it is a miracle we survived childhood. But this doesnāt make us superior. The kids today have their own challenges, as a quick read of the news will show.
Pop culture preferences are one thing, but the sad thing is when the emotional and intellectual peak of a personās life occurred when they were in high school.I wonder if Ruben will someday share with us when his favorite music came out, and how old HE was?!
If you were 12 in 1987, you must be torn. Both āThe Princess Brideā and āSpace Ballsā were released that year. The former was funny then and itās funny now, while the latter was never, ever, ever, ever funny.
This strip harks back to discussions among science fiction fans in days of yore as to when the Golden Age of Science Fiction had really occurred ā was it in the late 19th century, or maybe the 1920s? The 30s? 40s? 50s? 60s? A quotation from Peter Scott Graham seemed to settle it: āThe Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve.ā The idea is that most peopleās awareness of the world (including sf and other pop culture) explodes so exponentially at around that age that the pleasures and fascinations they discover then seem mind-blowingly miraculous. And, no doubt, some of them are!
Iām glad to finally see some confirmation that it is, indeed, all about me.
Iāve long suspected it, as one song from my wonder years after another was paraded in ads on TV that played the āhookā over and over till I was sick of it. And it was all about me.
The Real Zarth Arn over 2 years ago
I was twelve in 1969. Pop music consisted of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
braindead Premium Member over 2 years ago
12? No.
No.
22 or so, absolutely.
Zesty over 2 years ago
Nice touch as the people speaking refer to āthe person reading thisā.
Thanks, Council of Real Artistic Pronouncments!
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 2 years ago
This.
This is the greatest TtDB of all time.
Joe Cooker Premium Member over 2 years ago
Dodgers over the Yankees 4-0. Guess the year.
dadoctah over 2 years ago
I suppose I could go along with saying that pop music was at its peak in 1971, as the strip suggests, but there are other years both before and after that are also contenders.
What is unquestionable, though, is that pop music died on Saturday, July 1st, 1989 when I was thirty years old. Because thatās the day Milli Vanilli first got a song to #1.
Decepticomic over 2 years ago
When I was 12? Are you kidding? When that stupid song was constantly playing on commercials? That must be the the dumbestā Wait, didnāt that one game come out in the same year? Maybe it was the best period. Then again, the movies released in that year were a mixed bag. I need to think on this.
rpG Premium Member over 2 years ago
This comic speaks to me. One of my pet peeves is all the comments under music videos by old boomers (like me) whining about how our music was so much better than the crap being written today. God that gets tiresome!! And of course, we boomers conveniently forget how often the older (than us) generation dismissed our music. Bottom line, just because I donāt care something (e.g. rap) doesnāt make it bad.
Oh yes, and letās stop bragging about how we walked to school in the snow up-hill, both ways. Yes, we didnāt wear bike helmets or seatbelts. Yes, it is a miracle we survived childhood. But this doesnāt make us superior. The kids today have their own challenges, as a quick read of the news will show.
willie_mctell over 2 years ago
I was 12 in 1959. Pop culture mostly sucked except for Mad and Tom Lehrer. Come to think of it pop culture has always sucked, mostly.
Aliquid over 2 years ago
The fact that 2007 is āvintageā makes me feel old. But I suppose Iām old, because Ferris Buellerās Day Off meets this criteria for me
christineracine77 over 2 years ago
I prefer the pop music from 10-15 years before I was born . . .
Mayor Snorkum over 2 years ago
I was 12 when Elvis released āHeartbreak Hotel.ā Which sorta changed everything. So Iām satisfied Mr. Bolling has it right.
tims145 over 2 years ago
Pop culture preferences are one thing, but the sad thing is when the emotional and intellectual peak of a personās life occurred when they were in high school.I wonder if Ruben will someday share with us when his favorite music came out, and how old HE was?!
fritzoid Premium Member over 2 years ago
If you were 12 in 1987, you must be torn. Both āThe Princess Brideā and āSpace Ballsā were released that year. The former was funny then and itās funny now, while the latter was never, ever, ever, ever funny.
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
Mel Brooksās original āThe Producersā came out. It was the only thing that could improve on āItās Mad Mad Mad Mad World.ā
Jefano Premium Member over 2 years ago
This strip harks back to discussions among science fiction fans in days of yore as to when the Golden Age of Science Fiction had really occurred ā was it in the late 19th century, or maybe the 1920s? The 30s? 40s? 50s? 60s? A quotation from Peter Scott Graham seemed to settle it: āThe Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve.ā The idea is that most peopleās awareness of the world (including sf and other pop culture) explodes so exponentially at around that age that the pleasures and fascinations they discover then seem mind-blowingly miraculous. And, no doubt, some of them are!
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/10/14/golden-age/
fritzoid Premium Member over 2 years ago
In movies Iāve got āStar Warsā and āEraserhead,ā which tracks (although I didnāt see āEraserheadā until I was a few years older).
In albums Iāve got āRumoursā and āNever Mind the Bollocks, Hereās the Sex Pistols.ā
Yep, itās trueā¦
jpozenel over 2 years ago
I would say 13 not 12, at least for me. I was always a late bloomer.
^ over 2 years ago
2009 wasnāt a bad year for movies, and music
Kip Williams over 2 years ago
Iām glad to finally see some confirmation that it is, indeed, all about me.
Iāve long suspected it, as one song from my wonder years after another was paraded in ads on TV that played the āhookā over and over till I was sick of it. And it was all about me.
Huh.
ars731 over 2 years ago
I dont like how accurate this isā¦
GaryCooper over 2 years ago
Yes, it was a simpler, more innocent time.
When? Well, when you were simpler and more innocent, of course. Or the way you imagine things before you were born.