I was always glad that I was born in the 70’s. My parents used to make fun of me, saying, “1978 was not really the 70’s. It was the 80’s as we know it…” which always made me mad…for some reason I always wanted to be a part of that nostalgic era of music, love, and hippies; of culture, and collective energy. That’s always where I’ve felt like I fit in. The music from the 70’s has always resonated with me.
The Pink Floyd Experience
It was as if I stepped back in time, right into the 70’s, last night at The Pink Floyd Experience. There was quite the multi-generational potpourri of fans at the show, but it was dominated by grey-haired baby boomer hippies. Mixed in the crowd was a substantial number of those from a younger, new generation of Pink Floyd lovers. Some of them, like me, born in the 70’s, but a definite crowd of those born in the 90’s as well. Pre-show it was people watching at it’s finest – older hippies, coasting through the halls of the Lincoln Center, ready to take in the music that once moved them so. Younger pseudo-hippies trying to re-live the life that they missed out on, born too late.
The show was better than I expected. Besides the fact that I was itching to dance, to move, and everyone was sitting still as statues. Let me say that the sound at the Lincoln Center was incredible. I could feel the music, as Pink Floyd is meant to be felt. The saxaphone on songs like Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Us and Them, and Money was one of the highlights for sure. The theatrical performance included some pretty decent work from their light guy, and during the encore a giant remote controlled air-filled pig floated above the audience – it was weird, but people seemed to like it. My dad and I both had a great time. We spanned the generations of Pink Floyd lovers – the music is timeless, and even though it wasn’t the original artists playing the songs, you gotta take what you can get.
I feel you, Linds. I was born in 1989, and I most definitely make the argument that I am a child of the 80s (I don’t know how strong of an argument it is), but I still feel I was born at the right time. I get to experience the music greats through their albums and sometimes when they get over their disagreements and do a reunion tour (what, Soundgarden is actually getting back together?) And still being a “youngin” I have an excuse to like music that many people just think is noise.