Quoting a previous Alan Milewczyk contribution:-

My father's reaction was explosive (against it),
but then he was knocking on 50 and the older folks felt threatened by
"Rock'n'Roll".

Interesting and apt use of the word 'threatened'. Do you suppose 'threatened' is what yer average 50+ feels today when faced with current House, Garage and Grime music?

It's sad if it is, 'cos then the cycle's not been broken. I think if I was looking for a word I feel about the 'new music' I don't understand then it would be more about me being angry or disappointed with me for not understanding it. Or maybe depressed because of the realisation that I was now obviously past it. Hmmm. Maybe that in itself is sort of threatening.

However, I've never been as aggressively against new music as the 50+ generation seemed to be in the 1960s. Maybe there was a lot more going on that we as youngsters didn't appreciate in those days.

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* Christopher England just said that *