Defining Music for a generation

slam is an awesome movie,saul williams is outta this world.
other good hiphop acts are out there,aesop rock,defjux,haiku de tat,
blade, and i like alot of apocalyptic folk.
acts like cocorosie,joanna newsom,pentangle,milenasong,the books.
stuff like that,

but music to define this generation i think is indie.
people like cat power,modest mouse,wolf parade,smog.

I graduated high school in 1984. I think the music genre that defined my generation would be an eclectic mix of disco, glam rock, and rap.

he didn' ask about your generation

her generation is actually what our generation had to look up to.
with out grandmaster flash you don't have alot of what we do today.
!RESPECT NJQT.

the 80s had quite possibly the worst music of any era outside of 1998-2002, when i was in high school.

if you use the internet or pitchfok for someone to tell you what is or isn't cool you are not cool man.

you should know that. if you were, so your not. hell we don't even use labels we just call it indie so we can call it something to the uncool people.

trust me I know what I am talking about here

how old are you? you must be realitivly young to know that.

i don't use the internet to tell me what's cool. i use the internet to point old people in the direction of the music the kid's are in to

unless u were lit out of your mind

Techno... is God...

Gabriel & Dresden.. electrify my life.

I graduated in '83. I'm sorry to say I hated nearly all of the music from that era. It's mostly just sort of funny to me now.

I think the significant influence of the the hip hop/rap genre today goes unnoticed by most over 30. A lot of it is tough to listen too - content as well as esthetically, but it is making a huge and lasting impression on youth and teens of all races and from all economic backgrounds. 23 year olds have spent 10 years or more listening to it. Some of it is pretty damn good, too.

cool question. i might be flamed for this but who cares? i think the music that basically was my generation while growing up was pop. honestly, in the late 90's, boy bands (Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC) and peeps like Britney and others ruled the world. So much pop hit were made in the 90's.....

There is really good music for this generation, to name a few...
Rilo Kiley
The Knife
Hot Chip
Bobaflex

May not be something that appeals to everyone's ear, but there is great new talent around. I'll give it time to develop.

I love all EDM, but techno and breaks are my fave!
Hawtin, Kitten, Alien
And I am still rocking G&D's San Francisco set from 2006. Awesome!

there is a lot of terrible taste in music going on in this thread