RENTON, WA—Local man Paul Campbell confirmed Saturday he was raising his daughter Emma on a variety of media carefully selected to help her cultivate an appreciation for artistic quality, a move that will reportedly put the 12-year-old girl hopelessly out of touch with her generation.
Me, handing my daughter an old Nirvana t-shirt: “I bet nobody in your class has anything as cool as this.”
Daughter, rolling her eyes: “Vintage Nirvana t-shirts are so two years ago, dad. Everyone is wearing Nickelback now.”
I will say it is incredibly gratifying when my daughter has friends over and they go through my records to put some music on and are surprised that I have albums from bands that they think are obscure; Weezer, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Deee-Lite, Pearl Jam, Daft Punk and etc.
“Oh my gawd, you know of Weezer?”
“Yeah, I actually saw them on tour for that album”
To them it is obscure… reminds me of when I was their age going through my friend’s parents collections and thinking the same about Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Kraftwerk, Toots and the Maytals and etc.
Funny how life can have that kind of symmetry sometimes.
I think 30 years is about right for trends to go from popular>boring>outdated>forgotten>rediscovered again by a future generation.
Whoa, that escalated quickly.
Are they speeding-running the 90s?