Generation X's "Led Zepplins"

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I was born in '81 now I have a 17 month old and another on the way. Of course my parents loved and passed on the greats from their generation. Pink Floyd, Beatles, Led Zepplin, Hendrix, etc, etc...

So I ask you, "Generation X", who is your Floyd, Hendrix and Lennon you would want to pass on to your kids? Here are only a few of mine;

YouTube - OutKast - B.O.B. - Outkast "B.O.B.". This song is 10 years old! Outkast has always been ahead of their time and is always breaking new ground in hip-hop.

YouTube - Where did you Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana (Unplugged)(HD)with dialogues subtitled/dialogos subtitulados - Nirvana "My girl". Nirvana without a doubt owned the 90s. This performance was one of their last live performances...

YouTube - Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies) (Video) - Deftones "Change". Another song that is nearly 10 years old. This just brings back so many memories....

YouTube - Dave Matthews Band - Satellite - Dave Matthews Band "Satellite". I think Dave is probably one of the best vocalists of our generation. Love his stuff with Tim Reynolds.

YouTube - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson "Billie Jean". Despite what he did off the stage, this man OWNed the 80s. I LOVE all 80s music but I can always sum up the 80s with MJ.

YouTube - Metallica - Fade to Black - Metallica "Fade to Black". Need I say more?

Like I said, this is only a few that will grace my childrens ears :thumbsup: I could go on and on with some. GNR, Kanye, Jay-Z, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Pearl Jam, on and on and on..

Let's see some of yours. :popcorn:
 
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Right now, my kids 2,2 and 4 are loving Steve Earle as well as the Traveling Wilburys. I've made some subtle attempts at John Prine to no avail.
 
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Hmmm?

Pearl Jam-one of the greatest band of all-time, still making great music.

John Mayer-excellent musician and song-writer.

Lupe Fiasco-need I say more?

I could go on and on.
 
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Lexvol said:
Right now, my kids 2,2 and 4 are loving Steve Earl as well as the Traveling Wilburys. I've made some subtle attempts at John Prine to no avail.
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My Dad tried to get me into Prine...not my cup of tea.
 
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I'm not Gen X and don't have kids. Can I still play?

Bands from my high school/college days (mid 70s/mid 80s) I would pass on:

Iggy Pop (pre-dates the time above but I gravitated towards him then)

The Pixies

The Softboys/Robyn Hitchcock

Elvis Costello

The Cure

Talking Heads

King Crimson (again - a bit before the time above)

CheapTrick (a guilty pleasure)

Camper van Beethoven

Genesis

AC/DC

Crack the Sky

The Clash

XTC

The Blasters

Husker Du/Bob Mould

Sex Pistols

The Damned

Buzzcocks

The Ramones

The Cramps

David Bowie

Devo

The Minutemen

Joy Division/New Order

Motorhead

New York Dolls

Parliment/Funkadelic/PFunk

Pavement

The Pretenders

Public Image Ltd.

Television

Robin Trower

Roxy Music

The Replacements

Tom Waits

Warren Zevon

ZZTop
 
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So would that make me Generation Y?

I'd go with The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, J Dilla, and Bob Dylan among others.
 
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Baby Boomers = 1946-1964
Gen X = 1962-1982
Gen Y = 1981-2000

These are roughly the years (yes I know they overlap)
 
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GahLee said:
He told me stories of playing poker all night, drinking 10 year old Charter and listening to Prine...ahh, that's my ol' man.
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I thought my old man was full of sh@t too, then he took me to a little gathering on the ohio river to see Prine, was one of the best times i've ever experienced, i grew up in southwest va and never heard of him, when i joined the army, everybody my age and from the south was listening to prine, "despite of ourselves" w/iris dement was the first song i listened to and been hooked ever since, wow , you don't hear his name as much as you should
 
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There is not many artists around nowdays that can have the effect that the Stones, Doors, Zeppelins, Beatles, etc had on society.
 
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13BravoVOL said:
I thought my old man was full of sh@t too, then he took me to a little gathering on the ohio river to see Prine, was one of the best times i've ever experienced, i grew up in southwest va and never heard of him, when i joined the army, everybody my age and from the south was listening to prine, "despite of ourselves" w/iris dement was the first song i listened to and been hooked ever since, wow , you don't hear his name as much as you should
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I think my Dad picked up on Prine in the military s well...interesting.
 
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dantheman617 said:
There is not many artists around nowdays that can have the effect that the Stones, Doors, Zeppelins, Beatles, etc had on society.
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I disagree. They still have an effect its just a different kind of effect. Artists will always have an effect as long as people try to be more like them. It will never be as wide spread as it used to be but that's because music is a lot more segmented.
 
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Lexvol said:
Right now, my kids 2,2 and 4 are loving Steve Earle as well as the Traveling Wilburys. I've made some subtle attempts at John Prine to no avail.
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You need to hurry up and have more kids, the world needs more fans of all three of those.

volinbham said:
The Clash

Parliment/Funkadelic/PFunk

The Replacements

Tom Waits
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If I ever have a kid, they will be subjected to a steady dose of all of those.

If I had to pick my own, I'd be hard pressed to think about wanting to pass on anything I listened to in high school (same birth year as OP) or from "my generation", most of it wasn't all that noteworthy. Some things they will have to listen to, like or not, though would be:

Lucero

DBT

Townes

Ryan Bingham

Cory Brannan

Guy Clark

The Fox Hunt

Soulive

Mofro

Gibb Droll Band

...way too many more to list.
 
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