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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

🎶Little hellions kids feeling rebellious
Embarrassed, their parents still listen to Elvis
They start feeling like prisoners, helpless
'Til someone comes along on a mission and yells"bitch"🎶

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I don’t really understand song lyrics (rap’s generally easier to understand, but not Eminem, lol), so that’s the first time I realized how it goes and I strongly identify with this.

    My parents were both born in 1950, and one of my aunts was born five years earlier. I know those are literally two different generations, but also figuratively. My parents’ favorite musicians were Eric Clapton and Donovan, and my aunt’s was Elvis, the latter of which seemed unbearably old fashioned to me as a kid (and I was born about 30 years after Clapton and Donovan became relevant, but they were still at least enjoyable to listen to even when I was very young).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Meanwhile, my goofy ass was born five years after you. I spent a huge chunk of my childhood sitting at the foot of my bed with an old Caliphone record player listening to the Elvis readers digest collection.

    My grandmother was obsessed to a level that was quite insane.

    My poor grandpa had to make love to his wife under a giant picture of Elvis Presley, and he knew good and well where she was pretending to be. Her cars all had a huge silhouette of Elvis on the back glass and one on the hood with the text reading something like “#1 Elvis Fan”. “‘at was ‘uh perdiest man who ever lived right ‘tar.” Said Grandma.

    You would think her obsession would have made me feel the way you felt about it. Something is wrong with me though haha.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hey, you do you! I can enjoy a little Elvis now, too, but I had a hard time with anything pre British Invasion as a kid

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Dude those are not different generations. They are both early boomers.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    1946-64 are boomers, my aunt is silent generation at 1945, though she’s definitely on the cusp.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    She's postwar. Boomer by definition. Silent generation is for children raised during the war.

    Eta: I looked up the dates and I can see a lot of sources that give the 1946 date so consensus is on your side. I'm old, but the boundary used to be those who were raised during the war vs those who wouldn't have any memory of it. There is the same argument on the other side as well where late boomers claim to be "Generation Jones" between boomers and X.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, they’re all pretty close to the border no matter what. I was honestly just throwing that in because I was saying that they seemed like they were different generations personality-wise (my aunt also married at 20 a man a decade older than she was, so that plays a role) and I figured someone was going to reply that they technically were from different generations.

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