Some of the same stuff. In 2000 I was in my last year of high school, and Napster was still big. I heard Robert Johnson for the first time that way, "Come On in My Kitchen." I was a geek so I listened to my dad's classical music collection a lot, Baroque stuff and Renaissance polyphony. My best friend loved the Beatles so (speaking of that hated band) I went through their discography too. But contemporary mainstream hits then were really cringey, and we still had strong Canadian-content laws so we heard a lot of Canadian cringe too. I have a dark memory that on prom night they played Bush's "Glycerine" and Our Lady Peace's "One Man Army" on a huge 20-foot screen in the gym but that might have been a fever dream. The theatre kids were all still stuck on Phantom and I felt cool for liking Cabaret instead. Jesus, what a decade.
Some of the same stuff. In 2000 I was in my last year of high school, and Napster was still big. I heard Robert Johnson for the first time that way, "Come On in My Kitchen." I was a geek so I listened to my dad's classical music collection a lot, Baroque stuff and Renaissance polyphony. My best friend loved the Beatles so (speaking of that hated band) I went through their discography too. But contemporary mainstream hits then were really cringey, and we still had strong Canadian-content laws so we heard a lot of Canadian cringe too. I have a dark memory that on prom night they played Bush's "Glycerine" and Our Lady Peace's "One Man Army" on a huge 20-foot screen in the gym but that might have been a fever dream. The theatre kids were all still stuck on Phantom and I felt cool for liking Cabaret instead. Jesus, what a decade.