And so I said to the Spouse

[omorka]

The Spouse had mentioned a band that a lot of people have been comparing to XTC, and ended it with "If someone was introduced to XTC by Mandy Moore's cover of "Senses Working Overtime," then sure. Otherwise, they'll just make you want to go listen to the real thing." This resulted in a comparison of several recent teen sirens, or now post-teen bubblegum singers, including gratuitous Brittney-bashing.


Then I realized that this is a perfect example of the difference between Gen X and Gen Y.

Gen Y's teen and early twentysomething female pop stars of questionable talent who capture the generational zeitgeist, especially for young teen girls: got their start on the New Mickey Mouse Club.

Gen X's early twentysomething female pop star of questionable talent who captured the generational zeitgeist, especially for young teen girls: got her start on You Can't Do That On Television.


All things considered, I'd rather have the green slime.

Comments

[bassfingers.livejournal.com]

I don't have a great grasp of such things, but I tend to put Alanis as being a couple of years too young to be properly Gen X.

[cifarelli]

Depends on when you considering the Gen X/Y break to be. It's sometime in the 70s, but I see different years used all the time, and some accountings put me (born in '76) in Gen X and some in Gen Y, and I don't really feel like I belong in either. I suspect I have more X tendencies than Y, though.

[omorka.livejournal.com]

She's all of six days younger than I am, and I'm definitely an Xer.

Strauss and Howe, who are as good an authority on this as anyone, put the cut-offs for Gen13 (their name for what is more commonly known as GenX) at 1961 or 1962 through 1979 or 1980. My younger brother was born in 1977, and shares strong Xer traits; memeslayer is 1982, and clearly a Y, so their dates seem reasonable to me.