12 separate classes of high school kids do not know who Keith Richards is

[mark414]

my dad is a high school guidance counselor here in SE Wisconsin, and I was talking to him last night and he told me a story about a drugs/alcohol class he was addressing.

he asked the question if anyone in the room knew anyone who had been hurt in anyway (physically) as a result of drugs/alcohol and jokingly gave as an example keith richards falling out of a tree (like he did a few months back).

blank stares.

he repeated this in the next 11 classes, and the only kid who thought he recognized the name was thinking of keith urban, the contemporary country singer.

he even dropped the name MICK JAGGER as a clue, and still, none of them got it.

12 classes. and nothing...

[joneschick]

1. sigh. that is all.

[mark414]

2. it is sad i know

i have only been out of high school 3.5 years and i'm pretty sure kids i went to school with weren't this clueless when it came to one of the most bad ass guitarists to ever live...

[KG]

3. i'm pretty sure Keith Richards doesn't know who Keith Richards is

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. That is so pathetic. A lot of people at my school know Keith Richards.

We've got a nice little faction of classic rockers--myself included, of course, though I'm one of the sole jazzers. :D

[struggle4progress]

5. Why should kids know the names of old fogies?

C'mon. Mick Jagger is over 60. Most high schoolers think 30 is really really old.

[jpgray]

6. Blank stares during a drug/alcohol lecture?

I think Keith Richards himself would have responded the same way.

[ElboRuum]

7. Name your son/daughter's favorite band/group

And no fair peeking in their room or on their iPod.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. The Killers

Followed by Fall Out Boy and then All American Rejects. I'm into my kid. :hi:

[mark414]

12. ...

i'm 21 years old

and this isn't ginger baker or jeff beck or something other name that nobody under 40 remembers...

this is KEITH RICHARDS

[ElboRuum]

18. I'm not following...

This is KEITH RICHARDS...

As if everyone is into the Stones...

[smitty]

9. Face it, if you're a high school senior, Keith Richards is

43 years older than you, an old man, someone your parents got excited about.

Have you seen your grandfather baby?
Standing in the shadows?

[SOteric]

10. I'm sure an equal number of Grandpa's

don't know who "Uncle Cracker" is.

[mark414]

13. in 5 years

nobody is going to remember who uncle kracker is

in 50 years, a lot of people will remember keith richards

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. How is that possible?

I don't understand. :cry:

[jobycom]

14. My parents were always upset when I didn't know some old fogey singer, too

Like... well... Hell, I don't know who they listened to. Pat Broom, or something.

My 13 year old daughter, on the other hand, listens to Aerosmith. She loves classic rock, the stuff I grew up on. I hate it now, of course. I've heard it enough, I'm burned out on it. So I crank up Usher, Lauryn Hill, Nelly... She switches it to an oldies station. Weirdest damn thing.

[Kali]

27. heh - mine are too - last night my son recognized some obscure

Who song, I was still debating in my mind if that was the right band. hahahhaha

[NJ Democrats]

15. I'm in HS and I know who he is

But yes a lot of people my age don't know who many of the classic rockers are. hell, i mentioned Bruce Springstein and kids are like who?

[madrchsod]

16. these guys are older than i am..

geezer rockers

[hedgehog]

17. I'm 52 and I barely know who Keith Richards is

I haven't knowingly ever heard a Stones song past the hook. This makes my kids second generation nerds.

[Broken_Hero]

19. Doesn't surprise me....

I know them, and I'm trying to forget them...I don't have much love for the Stones....But, the kids should remember the name at least, especially Mick Jagger...

[mark414]

22. that's what i'm saying

they should at least know the name...

[Broken_Hero]

24. But its a new generation...what do you expect?

I'm 30, and I know the Stones...do you expect 14yr old freshman to know them? Damn, Nirvana is old school to them probably...unless they had music influence from an older friend/parent/whomever...

[BamaGirl]

20. Ouch.

That made me feel old and I'm...nevermind lol. My kids (the oldest 2 are 10 and 9) I'm sure don't know who Richards is. But they do know Jay Black and Buddy Holly. Hey, don't judge. :P We like our classic bubble gum pop around here lol. :D And they know Jerry Garcia and Jimmy Buffet. You just can't go wrong there lol. ;)

[Shine]

21. Jeez, well THAT makes me feel old.

:eyes: Oh well, I'm not exactly up on the current music scene most of these kids are. It's all relative....

:hi:

[freethought]

23. Want to know what is even sadder?

Keith Richards will probably outlive them all.

[devilgrrl]

25. You think that's bad? Make sure he doesn't tell any Beatles jokes!

Bet none of those kids know them either.

[Elidor]

26. Hey 19...that's Aretha Franklin

She don't remember the queen of soul

Every person growing old is eventually confronted with the irrelevance of their world. One of life's little insults.

[sakabatou]

28. WTF?