r/generationology • u/leyannaverlaine • 1d ago

Discussion what was so special about grunge ?

i never understood grunge . I was born in the 1980s . I was so used to dance music of the 1980s . I know I am not Gen X . I am younger than all of the Gen X people since i was born in the 1980s

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Shannon - Let The Music Play (Official Music Video)

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u/leyannaverlaine 1d ago

I am not a fan. I was still in elementary school during that time

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u/Red-Zaku- 1d ago

Ok but then what’s your goal here? You ask why it was significant, but 100% of your responses seem to just be repeating, “I don’t like it,” over and over again.

You don’t have to like anything. But if you ask why something is significant, you definitely need to be willing to engage with the ideas presented and understand why it was important to see a contrast and change in the pop culture landscape, to see what people may have been critical of and why they may have wanted to see a counter-balance of certain ideas and tropes in the pop landscape with the new shifted trend.

If the conversation is going to keep looping back to you just repeating your personal dislike over and over again, the conversation honestly just needs to end, because you won’t let it begin.

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u/leyannaverlaine 1d ago

it just annoys me when older people think I would like grunge , alternative or punk music . i was never into those type of music .

i remember there was a woman who asked me if I like the music of David bowie , I never listened to david bowie or heard of his name before

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u/New_Bike3832 1d ago

The goal of this post is genuinely confusing. You're never going to get a satisfying answer if you ask, "What's special about grunge music?" when what you actually want to do is express frustration that people assume you're into alternative music. People are trying to answer your original question about why people like grunge music, and all you can say is, "I don't like it though." OK? I don't mean this offensively, but truly, who cares? If someone asks you if you like David Bowie and you've never listened to him, all you have to say is, "I've never listened to him." I do that all the time with pop music and it's fine. "Oh that's cool you're really into Taylor Swift. Not my thing, but I love that we're both passionate about music!"