We're a music generation

Axis: Generations living together

In what ways can music connect generations?

Index

The power of music

Musical tastes

Gen Z and music

70'S music

Song

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Final task

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Listen and note down the musical genres mentioned

What sort of music do you like?

Discuss your parents’ musical tastes.

1965-1980

1981-1995

1996-2012

2013-2025

1946-1964

What are the names given to those generations?

Gen alpha

Gen Z

Millenials

Baby Boomers

Gen X

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"When I turn 17, I'll have a dancing queen themed birthday party"

Olivia

"When I turn 17, I'll have a dancing queen themed birthday party"

-Relevez et identifiez les formes verbales

-Traduisez cette phrase en français et dites à quel temps sont les verbes en français.

-Donnez la règle que vous devez respecter quand une subordonnée commence par when (ou as soon as) dans un énoncé qui se réfère à l'avenir.

Une subordonnée introduite par when ou as soon as est au présent avec une principale qui fait référence à l'avenir.

I'll be away when you arrive.

Je serai parti quand tu arriveras

The vintage blindtest

Do you recognize this music?

Rules

PLAY IN GROUPS. YOU GET:

4 points if you find the title and the name of the group.

3 points if you find only the title

2 points if you can't find any of those but you know the words to complete the song.

1 point if you don't know any of those but you are able to sing the tune of the song.

"Another One Bites the Dust" by British band Queen.

Genre : Funk rock

Realeased in 1980

"Another One Bites the Dust" has been covered, remixed and sampled by many artists since its release, and has also appeared in TV shows, commercials, films and other media. The song has also featured at sports events.

In 2021, the song resurfaced on Tiktok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

"Somebody to Love" (originally titled "Someone to Love") is a rock song that was written by Darby Slick. It was originally recorded by The Great Society, and later by Jefferson Airplane. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jefferson Airplane's version No. 274 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2]

Single by Jefferson Airplane

from the album Surrealistic Pillow

Released

April 1, 1967

(Wikipedia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrGSt5eDt9o

"It's Tricky" is the fourth single released from Run-DMC's third album, Raising Hell. It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves.

Genre : hip hop + rap rock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Tricky

It has become a holiday phenomena on TikTok. After the original video was created by TikTok user Alexandra Karadimas, fans have been posting vids of themselves dancing to the song.

https://rockthebells.com/articles/its-tricky-run-dmc-tiktok/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBiA_po8TYM

"Rasputin" is a song by Germany-based pop and Euro disco group Boney M. It was released on 28 August 1978 as the second single from their third studio album Nightflight to Venus (1978). Written by the group's creator Frank Farian, along with George Reyam and Fred Jay, it is a song about Grigori Rasputin, a friend and advisor of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family during the early 20th century. The song describes Rasputin as a playboy, mystical healer, and political manipulator.

Genre : Disco-pop-polka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin_(song)

Now, the song is very popular on TikTok with thousands of users using the song in their videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Eo2QzqU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfY8hR5frEQ

Edison Lighthouse’s ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’

The song, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1970, has seen an explosion in its streaming consumption after the song started getting adapted into a TikTok meme of users posting clips and photos of themselves to accompany the song’s lyrics — usually the opening lines, “She ain’t got no money/ Her clothes are kinda funny/ Her hair is kinda wild and free/ Oh but love grows where my Rosemary goes…”

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/edison-lighthouse-love-grows-where-my-rosemary-goes-tiktok-hit-streams-1235015828/

Genre : soft rock-bubblegum.

"Running Up That Hill" is a song by English singer and songwriter Kate Bush from her fifth studio album, Hounds of Love (1985). Written and produced by Bush, the song was released in the United Kingdom as the lead single from Hounds of Love on 5 August 1985 through EMI Records.

In 2022, "Running Up That Hill" received renewed attention when it was prominently featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things. (Wikipedia).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

The video-sharing platform beloved by Gen Z is giving new life to some very old tunes.

Rachel Aroesti

Fri 1 Nov 2019 13.00 GMT

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Mention of the video-sharing platform TikTok brings to mind two things: a) the endless torrent of spellbindingly inane 15-second clips created by its gargantuan teen userbase, and b) its ironclad ability to make anyone born before the turn of the millennium feel like a bewildered OAP. Yet since the app’s global launch in 2018, TikTok has carved out another reputation: as a musical tastemaker. Forget Spotify algorithms or, shudder, the mass media, nowadays young people are discovering their new favourite tunes layered under bedroom makeup tutorials or films of body-popping GCSE students.

That means TikTok can make unknown tracks go stratospheric; Old Town Road, Lil Nas X’s country-rap smash, owes its success to a cleverly engineered TikTok challenge. Yet the app also uses its hit-making powers to give random songs a second life: decade-old singles, such as Mariah Carey’s Obsessed and Jay Sean’s Ride It, have both enjoyed massive popularity spikes thanks to tie-in TikTok dance challenges. […]

In fact, TikTok’s penchant for excavating vintage tunes can be rather comforting: recently, the app found itself in the grip of YMCA mania, thanks to a challenge involving the school disco standard and face-tracker software. The global, never-ending talent show that is TikTok teenagerdom might seem horrifyingly newfangled, but it feels like a relief to know this tomorrow’s world can’t quite leave the past behind.

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Generational disconnect and divides are ubiquitous with every decade. They become more prominent as a new generation finds their own culture and voice, then begins to question the choices and views of their predecessors. Boomers vs Gen X, Millennials vs Gen X, and Gen Z quite literally vs everyone. An incredibly vocal generation, Gen Z are those born between 1996 and 2015 and they exist predominantly in the online space. 60% of TikTok’s users are Gen Z. So TikTok is to Gen Z what MySpace was to Millenials. Them being so vocal online means you can see the chasms between them and older generations in real time. But despite the fights from both sides, there is a powerful medium that seems to be bridging this generation divide; music.

Music is a huge part of TikTok, with sounds dictating trends and influencing creativity and videos. The app’s influence on the music industry is a particularly interesting one. In a time of shortening attention spans, “fast food music” and the incessant pressure on artists to stay engaged with fan bases, TikTok’s explosion has largely exacerbated these pre-existing and complex issues. Virality on the video sharing app is increasingly being used as a barometer for a song and an artist’s success. […]

The randomness of virality on TikTok has caused songs from the 70s to 90s to have a resurgence and become favourites amongst Gen Z. In this way, TikTok is becoming a gateway to discovery and bridging the gap. […]

How users find these songs is unclear, but their passion and love for the music is evident in the amount of videos they make to it. Given that the songs are older than them, they’re not aware of the cultural significance they held at the time. That’s where Millennials, Gen X, and boomers come in. The comments section acts almost like a classroom, with Millennials and Boomers breaking down slang or why the song was such a hit for their age group. This is where stitches and duets also come in, features on the app that allow users to almost “live react” to another user’s videos. Millenials will show photos of how they dressed at the time and hairstyles they did. […]

Sharing music on the app won’t necessarily close the chasm between generations, Gen Z will probably still blame boomers from ruining the economy, and older generations will continue to complain that Gen Z spend too much online and don’t experience the real world. But through music on TikTok, there’s an intergenerational exchange happening in real time, creating a connection and an understanding that previously wouldn’t have happened en masse in this way.

Words: Akachi Priscilla Mbakwe // Instagram

Photo: Creative Commons

How TikTok Is Bridging The Generational Divide Through Music

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Thanks to having “tweenage” daughters, I’m at least familiar with that music scene. I’ve seen Justin Bieber, Hannah Montana, and Katy Perry 1 movies […], and I can confidently identify which one is Demi Lovato and which one is Selena Gomez. I know every lyric to every Taylor Swift song ever written, even though I can’t help but silently mock the twenty three-year-old’s appalling lack of perspective when she croons wistfully about “feeling twenty-two.” […] This isn’t always a good thing, of course. I’ve been busted at the gym singing along with One Direction, and once when Joe and I were driving to L.A. without the kids, we realized halfway there that we’d been listening to our daughters’ Disney Jams 15 CD on a continual loop. And singing along with it. But just the other day, the girls came home from school with a magical surprise in store for me. “Just a small-town squirrel,” my youngest began singing. Of course I recognized the tune immediately. “It’s girl,” I corrected her. She ignored me. “Living in a lovely world,” her sister joined in. “It’s lonely,” I should. “Lonely world!” They kept singing. How do you guys know this song?” I asked, astounded. “We learned it in music class,” they informed me. “It’s awesome! We love it!” I started the next line for them. Now it was their turn to look surprised. “How do you know this song?” they demanded, with insulting emphasis on the “you”, I might add. “This song was one of my favorites when I was your age,” I told them, all nostalgic. They exchanged glances, clearly debating whether or not they could continue to like the tune given this new information. Finally, they caved². “Born and raised in self-control!” they shouted. “It’s South Detroit,” I interjected. “What?” they asked this time, exasperated and annoyed at being interrupted again.

1. tweenage: préadolescent

2. cave: lâcher l'affaire

I’ve Still Got It…, 2014 JENNA MCCARTHY

Make a musical time capsule

THE IDEA: If you’ve never made a time capsule before, the idea is to find a box or some sort of container, and fill it with significant objects that will spark memories when you open it years later. Ideally, you are supposed forget what’s in the box until you open it. Decide on a specific date or a certain year that you would like to open it, and mark it on the outside, then HIDE IT. Don’t open it, touch it, or peek until your target date.

7 ideas of what to put inside:

A list of popular songs in 2022
A USB drive with a playlist of your favourite songs.
Tickets from past concerts. Collect tickets from a few (or one) of the best concerts you’ve attended. On the back, write who went to the concert with you. That way, you can call your friend and reminisce about that perfect night after you open your capsule.
Concert & festival bracelets.
Pictures, pictures, pictures!
Buttons, stickers, articles and other mementos.
Fan letters...

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Edison Lighthouse’s ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’