I often see posts on this forum in the vein of "Kids these days and their damn this, or lack of that, or taste in those, etc."
I know those posts come from a genuine and good place, and I often find myself silently agreeing with them and then falling into a rabbit hole of wondering if we are all correct, or just grumpy old bastards! (I'm in my 30's but have been accused of being born an already fully formed grumpy old man many times.)
But more than the satisfaction of bitching about how often "kids today" get it wrong, and boy can it be satisfying, is the excitement when they get it right.
Which brings me to my point...
There's Broadway hip-hop (ish) musical about the life and influence of Alexander Hamilton, appropriately titled Hamilton.
I haven't seen the show, but I just picked up the original cast recording at the urging of a fellow cremudgeon/pipe smoker/history nerd. It's a giant hit, so you might all know about it already.
If you don't, go pick it up right now and get involved.
It's beyond amazing. I can't stop listening to it.
It's the smartest piece of pop culture that I've come across in a long long time. I'm not a Broadway musical guy, I'm not a hip hop guy. But this thing is near perfect. I feel like trying to appropriately describe it would be foolish. Just do yourself a favor and check it out if you are at all interested in the history of the American Revolution.
I know those posts come from a genuine and good place, and I often find myself silently agreeing with them and then falling into a rabbit hole of wondering if we are all correct, or just grumpy old bastards! (I'm in my 30's but have been accused of being born an already fully formed grumpy old man many times.)
But more than the satisfaction of bitching about how often "kids today" get it wrong, and boy can it be satisfying, is the excitement when they get it right.
Which brings me to my point...
There's Broadway hip-hop (ish) musical about the life and influence of Alexander Hamilton, appropriately titled Hamilton.
I haven't seen the show, but I just picked up the original cast recording at the urging of a fellow cremudgeon/pipe smoker/history nerd. It's a giant hit, so you might all know about it already.
If you don't, go pick it up right now and get involved.
It's beyond amazing. I can't stop listening to it.
It's the smartest piece of pop culture that I've come across in a long long time. I'm not a Broadway musical guy, I'm not a hip hop guy. But this thing is near perfect. I feel like trying to appropriately describe it would be foolish. Just do yourself a favor and check it out if you are at all interested in the history of the American Revolution.
