The Dogs B******s

We've just taken on a 17 year old lad, we were playing a few CD's at work yesterday and asked him if he'd heard of any of the bands/singers???
We mentioned:-
R.E.M
Shed Seven
The Verve
David Gray
Stereophonics
Travis
The Killers
Embrace
Feeder
Muse

And he'd never heard of any of them, wtf is wrong with these kids? I know not everyone will like them, but to never of heard of any of them is strange IMHO.

boxst

It depends on the parents. My children will happily listen to REM and The Eels and in turn I put up with Avril Lavigne and One Direction.

kingofturds

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Just be thankfull that he turns up for work. The last teenager we took on lasted about 20 minutes before he downed tools and declared it was too much like hard work.

DYK

Just put the radio on to Absolute,that'll soon sort him out...

CharlySkunkWeed

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true ! And they moan about how much they are expected to do for the money they get. I wish i got paid what they do now when i started out.

dpb

I listen to Internet radio now, fip, mix old and new ,from everywhere. (which is what you want )

And you don't need to concern yourself with the news. ( unless you speak frog)

boomer

I haven't heard of most of 'em either - and i am an old git!

I guess that the "good old days" of TOTPs are no more?

mb

billyrogers

Ive heard of them all! But im 24 lol. And also a guitarist and drummer so tend to listen to this style of music alot

wayne9t9

Proper bands in the OP. At 17 probably only familiar with manufactured pop.

paulr

He hasn't heard of Feeder or David Gray.......lucky lad.

legb4rsk

News can be a pain.I was chillin' last Saturday night listening to DAB & was getting pi**ed at having to listen to death & destruction every half hour+traffic+weather.
You really don't need it on a Saturday night do you?

LSherratt

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I'm 22 and heard of these ones in your list. The lead singer of the Verve, Richard Ashcroft, lives less than 1 mile from my parents house ...Taynton, Gloucestershire.

The Verve
Stereophonics
Travis
The Killers
Feeder
Muse

RobsyUK

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you should of asked him if he knows who Jenna Jameson is or Ben Dover... Then you'll have a conversation.

DYK

This is why i rarely listen too the radio,full of talking sh!te,news,weather every half hour,and the same song being played several times during the day.
Absolute is about all i listen too if i feel in the mood..

Scooby B

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24 here and i listen too and like all of the above! (Exception of shed seven? Who the hell are they? Lol)

alcazar

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My eldest has started at uni this year. he thinks it's funny that no-one else knows who Bill and Ted are......

The Dogs B******s

Shed Seven are great, they're a nineties band

magepaster

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Kids today are like blinkered horses insomuch as they only see what is in front of them, what their friends like. Anything else they won't entertain or acknowledge.

pimmo2000

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At his age I'm pretty sure the courts would see that as grooming ..

Leslie

At his age I was far more interested in old motor bikes and rebuilding and riding them as well as sporty cars and motor racing.

There was no spare time for rock groups etc.

Les

tarmac terror

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none of 'em was on X-factor so I has never heard of 'em innit.

subaruturbo_18

I think you just cemented your place on the 'i'm old and grumpy' list.

He hasn't heard of musicians/singers from before his time that are hardly played on the radio these days ? So what

They are hardly significant to the world today and it's not like they'll be remembered like Motzart.

I'm 24 and i haven't heard of a couple of them. The ones i do know don't/didn't even make the music i like.

davegtt

I know all the bands, but what I find funny is I dont class the list as old bands, even though its probably been 20 years since some of them hand a top 10 hit. When I opened this post I expected to see a list of Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Who, Led Zep etc...

RA Dunk

Proper music by proper artists.

Frosticles

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They supported my old band in Rushden in the early 90's

Lord Marshall

bioforger

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God help us all, these little ******* will be running the country in 15-20 years time, might as well prepare the suicide pact now.

sonic93

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I'm 23 know all them bands but 1. Most of the youth listen to crap gangster rap or drum and bass that no 1 including them self understand lol

DYK

Those were the days when you could do that thought les,i remember my dad telling me,how his dad would strip his motorbike give it a clean etc.Now a days you plug it into a computer...

zip106

Rock groups?

I didn't think they had rock groups in your day?

Mind you, Vera Lynn could get the old toes tapping, eh!