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iPod Generation
Sep. 15th, 2006 07:03 pmWhy is it that everytime I stand or sit beside someone in the tube who has an iPod, they are always listening to crap?
Take today for example: the girl sitting in front of me started out with Lily Allen's "Smile" (acceptable, due to it being catchy pop) but then degenerated to Patrick Swayze's "She's Like the Wind" and then "Hungry Eyes", also from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Who in their right minds listens to that shit on their way to work?
Then, taking the tube home, I sat beside a guy in a black suit, about my age. As soon as I settled down with my book, I heard Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" blast out of his iPod, followed by something atrocious which I can only guess was Chico. I always wondered what these idiots looked like, who pushed this crap to the top of the charts. Now I know. Now the whole world knows.
I'm not a music Nazi, and I've been known to sway to Tiffany's "I Think We Are Alone Now" after one too many drinks, but surely there's a time and a place to listen to this junk? Playing crap music for one's own listening pleasure is a step too far.
I've also realized that most iPod owners will be deaf in their old age, which will leave me a very grumpy old man stuck in a world ruled by shouting, screaming and misunderstanding.
Take today for example: the girl sitting in front of me started out with Lily Allen's "Smile" (acceptable, due to it being catchy pop) but then degenerated to Patrick Swayze's "She's Like the Wind" and then "Hungry Eyes", also from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Who in their right minds listens to that shit on their way to work?
Then, taking the tube home, I sat beside a guy in a black suit, about my age. As soon as I settled down with my book, I heard Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" blast out of his iPod, followed by something atrocious which I can only guess was Chico. I always wondered what these idiots looked like, who pushed this crap to the top of the charts. Now I know. Now the whole world knows.
I'm not a music Nazi, and I've been known to sway to Tiffany's "I Think We Are Alone Now" after one too many drinks, but surely there's a time and a place to listen to this junk? Playing crap music for one's own listening pleasure is a step too far.
I've also realized that most iPod owners will be deaf in their old age, which will leave me a very grumpy old man stuck in a world ruled by shouting, screaming and misunderstanding.
