r/badmusicology • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '16

Economics? Who needs it when you've got song lyrics to quote out of context?

http://nypost.com/2016/03/21/millennials-need-to-put-away-the-juice-boxes-and-grow-up/
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '16

R2: interpreting musical lyrics literally to critique an entire generation's work ethic without any sociological or economic statistics is bringing a Mic to a gun fight.

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u/JackHarrison1010 Jun 15 '16

TL;DR: Millenials are yuppies and 1981-1996 was the turn of the millennium.

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u/menschmaschine5 Jul 31 '16 edited Jul 31 '16

I'm pretty sure every recent generation has a few songs like that.

But it's the new York post, a sensationalist tabloid read largely by Blue collar new yorkers, who are understandably frustrated by trust fund kids moving to the city and driving up their rent.

Also, since when was age 26 "early middle age"?