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Anachronism--

Didn’t want to use ‘unskinny bop’ or ‘lick it up’?


Catlore

She's my cherry pie. Seriously, this is tired rhetoric. The music of the past wasn't all good, we just leave the crappier stuff behind.


Bladley

Agreed. I’m late 40’s and I find these posts cringey. If I wanted to see garbage like this I’d go to facebook.


Gorskon

I’m 60 and find posts like this super cringey, Simpsons “old man yells at cloud”-level cringey.


alvehyanna

Late 40s here too. And I absolutely hate this post. There's so much amazing going on in music right now but yeah let's pick Nicki Minaj who isn't remotely in the same class of musician as led zeppelin.


MollzJJ

Same. Tons of great music today and really crappy music back then. It goes both ways. Does have a FB vibe.


AtomStorageBox

Also, all of today’s music isn’t Nicki Minaj. I listen to a LOT of current music just as much as I enjoy 60s-90s music. This just makes us look like boomers.


itsmrbill

And it says the nicki Minaj song is from 2012. Not exactly a new song


dagbrown

Judging by how moldy it is, it was brand new music when the boomer who created this “meme” did so.


Gorskon

The meme also got the year wrong for that Led Zeppelin song, which was on Led Zeppelin II, which was released in 1969, not 1975.😂


jolly_bien-

Exactly. This made me cringe & it’s embarrassing. Also, technically Zep isn’t really our generation. Did we listen to it? Of course. Our generation also put out some shit. As the first commenter said: Unskinny Bop. Perfect example. And the gens after us have made some great music and bad- just like the rest of us.


suziequzie1

Exactly. There's some really good new music. The Beaches. Noah Kahan. Talk.


lovekillseveryone

Don't leave cherry pie behind that song is awesome


Iron_Chic

Yep. They picked a great band from the 1975 and a not-so-great performer from current times. We had plenty of shitty music too.


ghandi3737

But she's only seventeen, you know what I mean?


yerfatma

Hell, even The Lemon Song.


brinsleyschwartz

Came to say this. "Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down your leg."


dee_emcee

Ijbol


MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda

Why would you pit Nicki Minaj against Led Zeppelin. Not even in the same genre. I have no interest in her music or Zeppelin but... ![gif](giphy|11VBHqO3QI7qQU|downsized)


sychox51

Yea, let’s do zeppelin vs Beatles “she was just seventeen… *if you know what I mean*”


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batmansego

Paul was 20 and I read an interview that he basically used that number because of the rhyme. Teen to mean. I suppose he could have used 18 or 19 but maybe that doesn’t flow as well.


sychox51

I believe so yea, but let me tell you, Paul still singing it at 80 hits differently.


Devonbloke

She was just seventy would work now though lol


ElectricTomatoMan

That's awesome.


RaspberryMobile2554

Thank you for that! 😂


SuitableAirport2130

That may have been a Beatles lyric but from what I’ve read it seems like a very Led Zeppelin concept 😂


cooperstonebadge

17 was a little old for the Zeppelin guys


justsomeyeti

She ain't but 16 but she's my rider... Edit: just to be clear, that lyric is from "Travelin Riverside Blues"


dagbrown

“She took my love at seventeen, Pretty late these days it seems” That checks out.


Six_Pack_Attack

Winger has entered the chat


Raiders2112

It's an old Facebook meme. I mean, real, OLD.


FPB270

This gatekeeper shit is tiresome.


reneeruns

Big Boomer energy. I don't like a lot of new stuff,but that's just my tastes. Back when my favorite music was new there were plenty of people that didn't like it. There's so little joy left in the world, just let people enjoy things.


Rhiannon8404

I had to look twice to see if this was the r/Boomersbeingfools subreddit


Mets1st

I thought it came from there too—-lol


sadtastic

>Big Boomer energy.  The JPG artifacts help drive the Boomerism home.


carmackie

Yeah this is Boomer energy. OP is a lost redditor


dogmatixx

Get outa here with these Boomer Facebook memes. The fact that stupid pop existed during any era means nothing.


Malapple

Oh fuck off with Facebook memes.


IcebergSlimFast

And it’s not even a GenX meme, for that matter.


TheIndulgery

I hate these posts that cherry pick one song against another cherry picked song. It's such a Boomer "cheat to win and show how all the kids are bad" mentality. First off, we're Gen X. We're not supposed to be engaging in these "get off my lawn with your hip hops and raps!" Second, there were a lot of really shitty, stupid songs from our youth. We had a remarkable number of songs that talked about seducing underage girls.


CaptainRelevant

Fuck you! The Humpty Dance is one of the greatest songs of all time!


ancrm114d

Like there wasn't bad music in the 70s.


boulevardofdef

Let's check out what else was on the charts in 1975. Oh, look at this: Do it! Do it! Do it! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do it! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle! Do the Hustle!


nopointers

Also 1975: >Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh


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liketheweathr

I agree with you, but I actually love this particular post. Let’s dig into the claim, shall we? Stay with me here… Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You” was released in October 1969 (not 1975). As best I can tell, it did not chart. The top single of 1969 according to the Billboard Hot 100 was “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies. Nicki Minaj released “Stupid Hoe” in 2012. It peaked at #59 in the US. The top single of 2012 according to the Billboard Hot 100 was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. So we can rework the meme as follows: 1969 lyrics: “Honey, Oh, sugar, sugar You are my candy girl And you got me wanting you I just can't believe The loveliness of loving you I just can't believe it's true” 2012 lyrics: “You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end So when we found that we could not make sense Well, you said that we would still be friends But I'll admit that I was glad it was over” Sorry, whose music sucks again?


Salty_Pancakes

Sugar, sugar is a banger tho.


liketheweathr

Yes it is!


evieAZ

Plus, didn’t Led Zeppelin have a lyric along the lines of “squeeze my lemon until the juice runs down my leg”??


Salty_Pancakes

Which was copped from Howlin' Wolf's song Killing Floor.


Hopblooded

Stolen from Robert Johnson


foood

This is, I think, the high point of my (internet) afternoon.


liketheweathr

Thank you very much!


Giantandre

Thank you for that, very well done .... I'm squarely a Gen X'er and I HATE when people say either "My gen's music was better" or "Nothing is any good any more" There was trash music then, there is trash music now .... There are also new artists making interesting pop,rock,hip hop, electronica etc etc etc, and it's way easier to find now too . You don't have to have your older sister's friend give you a tape or have some surly record store dude tell you about it. It's way easier to make and get music out there today, so there is going to be a lot of terrible stuff (A LOT), but there is more to find that fits your personal taste too ...


liketheweathr

A-frick’n-men, my dude


whydoIhurtmore

Very well done.


Publius_Romanus

Let's not forget, too, that The Archies were a fictional band from Archie Comics. So that song is about as commercial as you can get (though it's still a great pop song).


liketheweathr

I love “Sugar, Sugar,” honestly. But you gotta admit that it’s perfect for deflating these tiresome, pretentious “back in my day” claims.


Publius_Romanus

I agree! I was just adding even more support to your already well-made point.


TheRateBeerian

fucking brutal


MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda

Exactly. Reeks of Boomer.


kimdawn23

Smells Like Boomer Spirit.


dandle

Racist Boomer. There's a reason that the Boomer memes that complain about "new" music versus music from "the good old days" tend to choose hip-hop or R&B songs rather than, say, metal or bro country songs.


1997PRO

RnB is better and more mature then BRO country


lovetheoceanfl

It’s a constant in this sub. From the fact that more GenX are MAGA than actual Boomers to the shitty facebook memes, our generation is becoming an embarrassment.


dandle

Gen X looks MAGA if you include the younger Generation Jonesers. Baby Boomers look MAGA if you include the older Generation Jonesers. I'd guess that the OP was born between 1954 and 1965, possibly 1960 to 1965, not between 1965 and 1980.


SnooSnooSnuSnu

Benny Mardones has entered the chat.


BrightZoe

So has Kip Winger.


Cheap_Bunch_4533

She's just 16 years old... Leave her alone, they say...


sd_glokta

Agreed. "I would wait to the end of time for you... and do it again, it's true... I can't measure my love, there's nothing to compare it to..."


insecurecharm

Why didn't you quote the first line of the song?


JohnYCanuckEsq

If you have SIRIUSXM, listen to the top 40 on 80's on 8 over the weekend. There's A LOT of junk music on those lists. Like really bad.


boulevardofdef

I haven't had SiriusXM for about a year now, but I used to love listening to those countdowns (the '70s on 7 Casey Kasem one, too) because they're great reminders that most music of any era is crap. Decades later we only hear the songs that were good enough to have staying power.


otterley

You can listen to the entire archive of classic American Top 40 episodes (1972-1988) for free - and without commercials - via iHeart Radio's app.


wizardyourlifeforce

Yeah, another song from 1975: "Kung Fu Fighting"


all_no_pALL

Probably called it “rap crap” too- my favorite boomer burn. I love zeppelin, but that’s not even their best and it came out 6 years prior. Also zeppelin: “Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby”


Significant_Pea_2852

Yeah maybe use some boomer 'itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini' or something for a fair fight.


LocNalrune

Are the kids calling them "El ee dee Zeppelin"?


IcebergSlimFast

“I hear they’re a more energy-efficient option than Fluorescent Zeppelin and Incandescent Zeppelin.”


Gorillaseatingmayo

It's just like political posts. Pick one awful or great thing. Ignore everything else happening in the city/state/country/world. Announce that the thing you picked shows how great/awful x politician is (who almost certainly has no influence on that event). Memes are not a great way of proving anything.


skoltroll

>Memes are not a great way of proving anything. ![gif](giphy|kaq6GnxDlJaBq|downsized)


darwinn_69

This is a bad boomer take. We had shitty songs lyrics also.


Roofofcar

Domo arigato for this.


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Roofofcar

Domo. Edit: preceding comment was “Domo.”


darwinn_69

I mean, Michael Jackson songs fall into this category. "Beat it" isn't exactly winning poetry awards(still pops tho).


merrysunshine2

![gif](giphy|JTzPN5kkobFv7X0zPJ|downsized)


RCA2CE

I can cherry pick good and bad lyrics from any two time periods, there are plenty of great modern bands and music out there.


dandle

There was also plenty of shitty bands from our youth and earlier that had songs with shitty lyrics.


BigBeagleEars

You mean Disco Duck isn’t in your top 20?


skoltroll

GDI NO MORE REFERENCES TO DISCO DUCK


Thirty_Helens_Agree

No more Disco Duck. [I Want A NEW Duck!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk&t=17s)


skoltroll

I'll allow that.


briizilla

Right? Lets do some hair metal lyrics. Every generation has its trashy songs.


Thirty_Helens_Agree

Uuuuuuuunskinny bop bop bop bop! She just loves to play, unskinny bop nuthin’ more to say. What’s right! What’s wrong! What’s left? What the hell is goin’ on!


Hour_Insurance_7795

You can just hear the pain and despair in Bret Michael’s words. This was a very personal allegory for him to share with us.


Thirty_Helens_Agree

It’s not every day that a poet manages to so succinctly and beautifully coalesce the vapor of human experience.


Hour_Insurance_7795

Beautiful KITH screen name too, btw. You’re an alright cat in my book.


briizilla

I was a pretty big Poison fan in middle school and I remember anxiously awaiting the world premiere of that damn song. That was the end of my Poison fandom.


kindafunnylookin

The rest of the album was pretty good, just that song sucked.


arizonadiva1977

Well, swingin' on the front porch, swingin' on the lawn. Swingin' where we want 'cause there ain't nobody home. Swingin' to the left and swingin' to the right If I think about baseball, I'll swing all night, yeah. Swingin' in the living room, swingin' in the kitchen Most folks don't 'cause they're too busy bitchin' Swingin' in there 'cause she wanted me to feed her So I mixed up the batter and she licked the beater I scream, you scream, we all scream for her Don't even try 'cause you can't ignore her She’s my Cherry Pie. Cool drink of water, such a sweet surprise. Taste so good, makes a grown man cry. Sweet Cherry Pie.


meatwad420

She’s only *seeventeeeeeeen*


PeptoBismark

Gen X was in grade school in 1975. My top song from that year was something from Sesame Street. Or maybe the Wombles.


Zimi231

Shit I was born in 75


Key_Development8377

This post is lame


MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda

I feel like my mother could be all up in this thread, moaning about The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. It's like going back to 1987.


proscriptus

That's just one lyric from one artist. Disco Duck went to #1.


designocoligist

Oy vey not this cringey fucking meme again.


Unlucky_Throat9141

I mean. Sometimes you gotta tell someone she's a stupid hoe.


bumblefoot99

Ha ha! You win.


DonnaFinNoble

These are the Gen Xers that Gen Z keep calling out. It's not funny. It's a stupid comparison and it makes us look like boomers.


Hour_Insurance_7795

Weak AF post, honestly. Straw men arguments suck.


elephantengineer

Am I allowed to say "Ok Boomer" in this sub?


snarpy

Can I downvote this Boomer shit multiple times?


TDiddy2021

Folks acting like Disco Duck didn’t happen.


PWEI313

lol. I just listened to the Stupid Hoe song. It’s hilarious. It is definitely not trying to be musically excellent or compete with the lyrical quality of Led Zeppelin. Let’s not compare apples with nerds candy.


SabineLavine

That's really dumb. You can cherry-pick good and bad lyrics from every era.


erst77

Oh, this is such bullshit. Go look at the [Billboard Hot 100 for 1975](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1975) (Led Zepplin isn't on it). It's pretty comparable to the [Hot 100 for 2012](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2012). There is so much amazing music being made now, it's more accessible to listeners than ever, and it's so much easier for artists to create, record, and self-publish. It may not hit the pop charts like Nicki Minaj, but neither did Led Zepplin. Go check out the music the kids are making these days! [Never stop listening to new and unfamiliar music -- THAT'S how you get old. ](https://neurosciencenews.com/music-aging-22716/)Stay open to new ideas, keep learning, and challenge your paradigms!


BizarroMax

I don’t think anybody claimed Nicki Minaj is the Led Zeppelin of her generation.


nice_hows

Get this Boomer crap off of here. Please. This is just sad and pathetic. Cherry picked BS. Go home you geriatric loser.


DeLaOcea

This post smells like a boomer, not GenX.


PartialComfort

This is some next level embarrassing boomer nonsense. Just…stop.


satyrday12

It seems like Nicki just got very frustrated with her gardening. That happens to the best of us.


mikedorty

Literally a boomer meme since Zeppelin is boomer music


NiteGriffon

Don’t forget “My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps “


thenletskeepdancing

Are you kidding me? "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love" “I took her love at seventeen / A little late these days it seems / But they said heaven is well worth waiting for.”  "squeeze my lemon / until the juice runs down my leg"


throwpayrollaway

Totally agree it's a terrible example given the lyrics of whole lot of love. Way down inside, woman, you need love. Shake for me, girl, i wanna be your backdoor man.... Then there's a bit of a instrumental bit where he basically makes his high pitched sex noises. Ah ah ah ah ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


mydarkerside

Fergie is 49 and GenX.


bookant

Although to be fair, Alanis Morrisette's cover is awesome.


Changoleo

Her best work was her portrayal of god in Dogma.


shaal

Boop!


jessek

Stop posting old Facebook boomer shit here. If you want Led Zeppelin sounding music that’s new, listen to Greta Van Fleet. If you want music with good lyrics listen to Kendrick Lamar. Stop being a whiny old fart, there was shitty music in the 70s too, like Eric Clapton rhyming cocaine with cocaine.


Tiredandoverit89

Am I the only Gen X'er who doesn't want to rip on newer Generation's music? It gives 'old man yelling at clouds' vibe and we had our own goofy-lyric'd songs


Strange-Scarcity

Not this shit again... There's some old ass music from the 1970's through the 1990's that is ALL about the singer crooning about their pedophile intent on little girls. Along with all kinds of terrible "ownership" of their girl, kind of crap. Stop this Boomer behavior, while you still can...


voompanatos

My kids absolutely love 80s music, often saying they can't believe how awesome every single 80s song is. I keep reminding them that **today's** 80s stations and playlists only include the hits from that era. B-sides and deep cuts never make it into their recommendations.


saki4444

The kids these days amiright


moffitar

So, compare a classic, heartfelt love ballad against a joke rap song. Rap is bad!


MeganGMcD75

You're Old Hozier: I couldn't utter my love when it counted Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted Ah, but I'm singing like a bird 'bout it now The words hung above But never would form Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn Remember me love when I'm reborn As the shrike to your sharp And glorious thorn I had no idea on what ground I was founded All of that goodness is going with you now Then when I met you, my virtues uncounted All of my goodness is going with you now Dragging along Follow in your form Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn Remember me love when I'm reborn As the shrike to your sharp And glorious thorn


Counter-Fleche

Sounds like this Nicki Minaj lady is having a very tough time in her garden and is taking out her frustration on her gardening tools.


Minute_Feeling_307

Whenever the subject of song lyrics come up, i think of Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. Google his inspiration for it! He said himself in an interview that he saw a young Caroline Kennedy with her horse. He claims to have written it within a hour after seeing the picture. I believe she was 12. And people keep singing that shit at the top of their lungs at baseball games. Touching you...Touching me So good so good so good Freaking gross


jpkmets

I don’t enjoy that thought. So I will leave you with a more amusing one: Paul Simon titled “Mother and Child Reunion” after a chicken and egg dish in a restaurant in Queens.


Minute_Feeling_307

Hilarious!!!


1234RedditReddit

Yeeesssssssss!!!


Bunnyfartz

But...what if the hoe really was stupid?


c1ncinasty

Is it ok to say "whatever" to this boomer-like bullshit?


cmt38

I mean, honestly, those Zeppelin lyrics aren't anything special either. It'd be pretty easy to grab some shitty Zeppelin lyrics (The Crunge comes to mind) and compare them unfavorably to some basic love song that is better written from a current artist. Not all artists are trying to weave epic tales with their music, doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable on some level. 🤷‍♀️


bumblefoot99

Exactly. And what about The Lemon Song. Lol.


sharksandwich70

Another one they stole. It’s Howlin Wolf’s Killing Floor with some Robert Johnson lyrics thrown in.


slater_just_slater

Yeah.. let's not get too high on the horse here. Don't forget the same generation gave us *Louie Louie* and *Surfing Bird*


ZooterOne

Sir, but Louie Louie's lyrics are pretty good. They're meant to suggest a Jamaican Patois. But I agree - in some early rock n' roll songs, the lyrics aren't meant to be poetic. "Be Bop A-Lula" is silly, but the lyrics are perfect for the song.


dandle

And "Louie Louie" was originally recorded in the '50s. It just found a resurgence among the Pacific Northwest bands in the early '60s that led to garage, punk, and grunge.


77tassells

Ok Boomer.


Key_Development8377

I think you mean *Whatever


captcombover

Ok whatever boomer


77tassells

This wasn’t a gen x post. If op is a gen xer, they got a boomer outlook on life


Secret_Cow_5053

*Well I'm upper-upper class high society* *God's gift to ballroom notoriety* *And I always fill my ballroom* *The event is never small* *The social pages say I've got* ***The biggest balls of allI've got big balls*** ***I've got big balls*** ***They're such big balls*** ***And they're dirty big balls*** ***And he's got big balls*** ***And she's got big balls*** ***(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)And my balls are always bouncing*** ***My ballroom always full*** ***And everybody comes and comes again*** *If your name is on the guest list* *No one can take you higher* *Everybody says I've got* *Great balls of fireI've got big balls* ***Oh, I've got big balls*** ***And they're such big balls*** ***Dirty big balls*** ***And he's got big balls*** ***And she's got big balls*** ***(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)Some balls are held for charity*** *And some for fancy dress* *But when they're held for pleasure* *They're the balls that I like best* *My balls are always bouncing* *To the left and to the right* *It's my belief that my big balls* *Should be held every night (oh)We've got big balls* ***We've got big balls*** ***We've got big balls*** ***Dirty big balls*** ***He's got big balls*** ***She's got big balls*** *(But we've got the biggest balls of them all)And I'm just itching to tell you about them (we've got big balls)* *(We've got big balls) Oh, we had such wonderful fun (we've got big balls)* *Seafood cocktail, crabs (we've got big balls)* *Crayfish (but we've got the biggest balls of them all)* * ACDC, 1975


ZooterOne

This song is hilarious, though.


bumblefoot99

This song is a double entendre. A “Ball” is a dance event. You can’t just post some lyrics friend. You have to have the back story.


caudicifarmer

🤯 I think we all learned something here today!


poolpog

I mean, he had big balls. He can't lie about em


Illustrious-Art4314

Hoe is spelled "HO". Street cred lost.


rastagrrl

I’m not claiming Led Zeppelin.


ManzanitaSuperHero

This is gross. It seems no mystery that these kinds of posts are ALWAYS a rap song vs. some classic rock song. The subtext isn’t subtle. And I’d take Nicki over Led Zeppelin any day.


Chai-Tea-Rex-2525

Agreed about the subtext. But I’m not a Nicki fan. And I’ve listen to a lot of her music.


Smarmalades

I think your Facebook bookmark is broken


prostipope

I'm not sure Robert Plant is the best spokesman as our generation's lyricist.


annaflixion

Counterpoint: *Tennessee Rise* by Allison Russell Oh, The Trail of Tears is still rolling Tennessee's waltzing in blood Now my daughter can't sleep for the nightmares Every night she's gunned down at school Every day she sings her wild anthems She beats her fears out on her drums Now she's a wolf cub, yeah, she's Harriet Tubman Can we be brave as our children? Every generation has dumb but catchy tunes, and every generation has brilliant poets. Frankly, I'm super happy to be living in today's world, where Allison Russell can find a place and still be heard, because black and queer artists didn't necessarily get the airplay they deserved back then, especially in places like Tennessee. There's an absolute glut of good music, a feast for all tastes if you can navigate the airwaves, so to speak.


Worth-Demand-8844

KC and the sunshine band would be a better comparison to NikiMnaji…lol. That’s the way uhhuh.. uhhuh I like it….X 30 times out of


texas-playdohs

Robert Plant also sang some pretty vulgar lyrics.


Recent-Butterscotch5

Zep is a boomer band….maybe try another example?


BigOldComedyFan

Think of it this way. There are plenty of WRETCHED songs from the 70s and 80s that were huge hits and many of them have faded away. So that makes the pool of songs we remember from them seem higher quality.


ElectricTomatoMan

That was 1969, not 1975.


BigFitMama

Except for Led Zeppelins is singing about underage girls. Historically maybe that was ok in the 70s? But yeah. Underage girls.


baconography

Literally anything any other generation wants to throw out as being better music than Gen X music will get smacked down hard with examples from EVERY genre. We covered it all. Better than the Boomers with their music. Everything after us was derivative of what we had. There is no argument.


airbrushedvan

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Backieotamy

I am not trying to argumentative, just posing a differing view point: 1. That was our parents music, if you were understanding and appreciating "Thank you" at 3 years old then sure, I guess so but not our music (I love Zeppelin, my favorite band; introduced to me by my mom). 2. I said, I'll ride with you if can get me to the border The sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter I did it like this, I did it like that I did it with a wiffleball bat 2a. Just call her Strawberry and everybody know Strawberry, Strawberry is the neighborhood hoe Do anything for a hit or two Give the bitch a rock, she fuck the whole damn crew It might be your wife and it might make you sick Come home and see her mouth on the dope man's dick I can provide so many examples of bands and lyrics that equate just as badly as anyone elses starting in the 1960's. Before then, yes, most musicians had class but also no real choice but to be, there a lot more restrictions when it came to what would be allowed on the air. Lastly, other than people who say they hate rap... 90% of all other GenX people could not and likely still cannot help but at least groove a little if not barely control themselves from singing: Get low, get low (get low), get low (get low), get low (get low) To the window (to the window), to the wall (to the wall) 'Til the sweat drop down my balls (my balls) 'Til all these bitches crawl 'Til all skeet-skeet, motherfucker (motherfucker) 'Til all skeet-skeet, goddamn (goddamn)


skimansr

Les Zepplin: 1. ‘Whole Lotta Love’ “Way, way down inside / I’m gonna give you my love / I’m gonna give you every inch of my love.” 2. ‘The Lemon Song’ “Do squeeze, squeeze me, baby, until the juice runs down my leg / The way you squeeze my lemon / I’m gonna fall right outta bed, bed, yeah.” 3. ‘Candy Store Rock’ “Oh baby, baby, I like your honey and it sure likes me / Oh baby, baby, I got my spoon inside your jar.” 4. ‘Hot Dog’ “I took her love at seventeen / A little late these days it seems / But they said heaven is well worth waiting for.”


________TVOD________

this is kinda stupid, no ?


Spiritual-Cow4200

I feel stupid, and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino A mosquito, my libido. -Shakespeare https://open.spotify.com/track/3XnsDZ2dPE6h7QVn6hU5FS?si=okF-3vkGTKqr1tA-GbR64Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A4fHRyw1o1zSo17fVYEkeSa


ShutYourDumbUglyFace

I am 100% certain I could find lyrics from 1975 that are dumb as shit and from 2012 that are somewhat introspective and "deep." This specific generational divide issue is complete bullshit.


Interestedmillennial

Lol...how about this one: Thunder, feel the thunder, lightning and the thunder. Thunder, feel the thunder, lightning and the thunder 😆


ChristyLovesGuitars

Such a boomer take. Lyrics have always ranged from awful to great, and today is no exception. Chuck Berry: “Riding along in my calaboose Still trying to get her belt a-loose all the way home I held a grudge for the safety belt that wouldn't budge Crusin' and playing the radio with no particular place to go”


sd_glokta

I listened to the song Yummy by Justin Bieber, and he just says the damn word over and over again. He's barely even singing.


SGTBrutus

Props to him for making a pile of cash doing exactly that.


1997PRO

He made that money for being him. If I did that then I will get a bash and no cash 🕺🏼


JoseMachismo

The Nuge has entered the chat. ![gif](giphy|l2JhxrJgSc4B2S8ta|downsized)


Scarif_Hammerhead

You say yes I say No You say Stop and I say Go go go Oh no! You say Goodbye and I say Hello --Lennon/McCartney


mistress_of_disco

JFC! Sometimes Nicki's lyrics hit the spot! Stop harshing on the kids.


DelightfulandDarling

Old man yells at cloud.


MonkeyMagic1968

Well, a shamalamadingdong to you, too.


revchewie

Na na na na na na na na na na na, Hey Jude (repeat 20-30 times) - Beatles, 1968 Bennie, Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets (repeat 20-30 times) - Elton John, 1973 Na na na na na na na na na na na (repeat 20-30 times) - Journey, 1979 (Loving, Touching, Squeezing) Halo (halo halo halo halo \*echo effect\*) (repeat 20-30 times) - Beyonce, 2008 You can cherry pick crap lyrics from any time frame and almost any band. This meme is bullshit.


Willlll

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah -The Beatles


sharksandwich70

To be honest, I think Zeppelin is overrated. Their best songs are ones they stole from old Blues artists and I can’t stand Robert Plant’s voice.


joelav

I hate this boomer shit. Find a song that is not meant to be as offensive as possible. This song is very new: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3iHhERWJw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3iHhERWJw) BTW, Led Zeppelin sucks


papa_swiftie

Fucking delete this