Musically Disconnected

There comes a point in every person's life when he or she loses his or her connection to what's popular music. People had this with Rock & Roll, Rap, Dance music, where the young sought to express themselves against their elders, their parents, against the establishment. But at some point, and through no fault of your own, youth becomes the establishment, and something else will come along that replaces youth.

Now this month it has happened to me. I am no longer part of the popular culture. I am now conventional. My music tastes have peaked. Dubstep defeated me. It just sounds like noise and flashy lights to me. I can't listen to it without going mad. It doesn't make sense to me, much like hardstyle and heavy metal didn't make sense to my parents. I can't move at the bpm without twisting my ankle.

I'm officially musically disconnected from a teenager or twenty-something, unlike a Simon Cowell who caters to the tastes of the youth well into his fifties. Then again he gets paid to do that kind of thing.