http://disqus.com/people/6fce421bd3b6816b8aa86ba3640fb4d3/enThu, 25 Jan 2007 13:34:37 -0000http://newcritics.disqus.com/our_generation/#comment-1369875I'm of the Sgt. Pepper/Jimi Hendrix Experience generation. I'm sure I was the oldest attendee at the Clash concert I saw in Providence RI in 1984, but maybe not as old as the members of Burning Spear, who opened. <br>So my daughter, at 19, has a good punk grounding, but also likes a lot of older stuff as well, and we have traded current bands back and forth---although I think I'm ahead so far by contributing Sleater-Kinney to the mix some years ago.<br>My 13-year-old son is a monomaniac listener. Last year, on our daily commute together, he drove my iPod continuously through a Beatles/Steely Dan rotation. This year it has been Clash, plus assorted other punk bands like The Violent Femmes. I've noticed that he's drawn to more metallic stuff (not my thing) which I suppose is par for pubescent boy teens. So we got him Who's Next and Let It Bleed for Xmas to give him some gutsy sounds without all the cacophanous attitude. But we now have a deal where he spins the iPod on the way to school/work, but gets to drive the radio home. That's proving enlightening AND depressing.<br>What I most wonder about is this: where is the New Music? I can't convey how amazing Are You Experienced sounded in 1967. There are some incredibly competent rock musicians working today---but where are the disruptive new sounds?<br>This is something, no matter how good I think the 40+ years of rock and roll available to my kids (and with my blessing!) is, they will never know...bigbalaganThu, 25 Jan 2007 13:34:37 -0000