The music of the young: Why older generations turn it off
It is not our music and that is why we turn it off. Yet not all of us condemn it or ridicule it simply because we do not understand it. We remember when we were young and we expected our parents not to understand our ways. It was our world we were living and it was going to be bigger and better and we had a right to it. We thought this more than we talked about it. That was so because whether or we liked it, or even understood it, we knew they were boss. TGherefore, it was the music that set us apart.
The loud music of the younger generation is certainly annoying to most older people for two reasons: They do not understand the ignificance of the younger group’s music and it does not react well with their increasing deafness. And often, they get a little paranoid and think the young ones are deliberately being naughty.
In most cases this is not so, but it could be true if the older person is particularly demanding and unreasonable. If there is no escaping the loud music and the elderly person is in need of rest and quiet the youngster must be forced to be quieter. Inconsideration and loud music do not harmonize; nor does grouchiness and a young child’s enthusiasm when no harm is intended.
Certain tones and pitches are inaudible to the older folks and this is what makes some loud music sound like so much static and not music. They have a hard time hearing anyway and the screeching and scratching and loudness of the pop culture is irritating. It is irritating even when they acknowledge that the younger bunch has as much of a right to their music as they have to theirs.
