RE: Rockin' with old folks

["Jeff House" <whocasa@hotmail.com>]

From: "O'Neal, Kevin W." <Kevin.ONeal@vtmednet.org>
"...Where the boomers failed, is that they didn't then come back to heal 
things.  But, I guess that's done locally (in your own family).  Or, maybe 
that's a job for The Who."

Normally, I find this kind of socio-cultural-anthropological generalization 
to be too bullshitty for my taste.  I think you are right on the money in 
this case, Kevin.

I think we've seen some boomer reconciliation with their elders in some of 
the recent spate of WWII "Greatest Generation" books and movies.

They have yet to deal with their own demise/mortality and their inevitable 
dependence on the younger generation that they produced.  Weakness and 
interdependence are very difficult subjects to tackle in rock and roll, the 
music is blustery and strong.  This is some ripe material for The Who to 
delve into.

Jeff


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