My sister’s wedding was last Friday. A few days before that we were setting up a playlist to be played at her wedding reception and she turned to me and said: “We’ve got to have ‘Pon de Replay’ on here!” And why?
Because my dad loves that song.
Back when Rihanna tried to do the cute/slutty thing. Now she's trying the fierce/slutty thing. She pulls neither off with much success.
Yup, Rihanna. Now, he hates most of her music, but he just LOVES ‘Pon de Replay,’ causing my mother to say this little gem:
“What, are you 12 years old now?”
Actually, I’d put my dad’s mental age somewhere at around 14.
The other day Iwas looking through my CD collection for something to play in the car – something I hadn’t listened to in a while. I came across my My Chemical Romance CD’s that my sister’s douchebag of an ex-boyfriend burned for me. Hated Brandon, loved the My Chem. So I took out The Black Parade and listened to it in my car as I drove to work.
Now, when I got to the song “Welcome to the Black Parade,” which in my opinion shouldn’t be track number 4 if it’s essentially the title track, I couldn’t help remembering a time when I still lived with my parents and my mom and I would sit on the couch and watch House together. One night we were watching House and music was just BLASTING in the basement. It was my dad. And what was he listening to?
NOT Old People Music!
My Chemical Romance.
He loves that song. My dad, a 43 year old man, loves The Black Parade.
What other music does he enjoy?
The Offspring. He owns their greatest hits and was psyched to get their new CD which he blasted in the car for what seemed like forever.
And now? GREEN DAY. When American Idiot came out I was 14 so I couldn’t buy the CD because of the parental warning. So dad bought it. And listened to it. And loved it. Now, five years later, he bought 21st Century Breakdown too. I’ll tell you what: he LOVES “Last of the American Girls.” And “Peacemaker.” And, even thought you’d think I’d be a little embarassed that my dad is listening to, what I frankly call “young people music,” it’s kinda cool to sing along with him in the car. And talk about how awesome Green Day is. I mean, the other day I go over to visit them and he says “Green Day’s bass player, I forget his name, but he sings way too high. And – and I don’t know if it’s just the way he stands – but his bass looks like it’s eight feet long.” True enough.
Mike's bass is frakkin' HUUUGE! *I also love how he always looks insane when he plays.
It’s kind of a cliche that parents don’t ‘understand’ their kids music but I dont’ get that. I mean, now a days it’s all about our parents’ music. Being into older bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd is super cool right now. Plus, why wouldn’t we be into it because, let’s be honest, music today isn’t quite as good as our parents’ music was. I mean, sure, we’ve got bands like Green Day and Radiohead (LOVE LOVE LOVE!) but classic is just that… CLASSIC.
OMGPINKFLOYD!
