Kings of Rock

[morrigirl]

I haven't given out the New Yorker(s) of the Month award in a while, mainly because it's not often that I stumble upon strangers worthy of the honor. But I got me three of 'em this morning!

I was on the BX28 bus on my way to work this morning and sitting across from me were these three high school aged guys. They were honing their rhyming skills on the way to school. They were all dressed in typical hip-hop chic, baggy pants, sneakers, etc. except they were all wearing "vintage" (as in they look like they could have been made in the 70's or 80's but were actually manufactioned in a clothing outlet last week) pop culture T-shirts. One had a Rolling Stones shirt, one was wearing a Trix cereal shirt, and one was wearing a Journey shirt. JOURNEY!!! Not even the people who actually listened to Journey when they were popular dare to step out in public in one of their concert tees, with or without irony! I was so tickled by the mix of pop culture sartorial cues I wanted to hug these kids!

And for that, these stylishly sassy young men get the New Yorker(s) of the Month Award for September 2006.

Comments

[nabuchodonosor.livejournal.com]

OMG. Did they sport emo haircuts??

[gender-euphoric.livejournal.com]

I would so unironically wear a Journey tshirt.

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

True story from working at the coast:

I was hanging out in the candy shop, working and minding my own business, when a Journey song came on the radio. I don't remember which one it was in retrospect; I think Journey only really released one song over and over again. Anyway, I remember it from my childhood.

Brianna, my 16-year-old coworker, is standing next to me, and starts singing along. I give her an incredulous look and ask, "You like this song?!"

She smiles and replies, "Yeah. I love old music!"

I have never felt old before in my entire life.

[gender-euphoric.livejournal.com]

Isn't it weird to realize that someone who turns/turned 16 this year totally missed the 80s?

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

*ponders that for a second*

That's so totally not fair. If I had to suffer through the '80s, everyone else should have to, too.

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'll unironically wear a Def Leppard T-shirt, and we will prance through city streets together, challenging ironic shirt-wearers on their butt rocker street cred. Take that, hipsters!

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

When I was 15 I volunteered at a local elementary school and tutored fourth graders. I usually met with my cute as a button 8 year old student in the empty cafeteria where we could often hear the faint sound of the radio the kitchen workers listened to. One day "Borderline" came on, and I paused for a moment to exclaim, "Oh, I LOVE Madonna!" The listened for a moment, then looked up at me and asked "Who's Madonna?" That's when I knew I was old.

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

Suffered?! Oh, c'mon you know you still sing "She Works Hard for the Money" in the shower!

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

Well, then I'll just have to unironically wear a Men Without Hats T-shirt.

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

Excuse me?! I sing "She Bop." At least give me some credit. =P

[starstealingirl.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Now if we can just get someone to wear an unironic Devo T-shirt....

[slinkybetty.livejournal.com]

That is awesome.

I substitute taught a 4th grade class for a few days with a little Beatles freak in it. Each day the kid wore a new Beatles or John Lennon shirt. There were reports on the walls from when the kids wrote biographies, and his was on JL. AND he played guitar in a band called Beatles 2!

[daver40.livejournal.com]

I would always take the BX25 and the BX10 to get to work. Unfortunately, I never ran across kids with vintage 80's t-shirts, although I did get to hear a wide variety of ring-tone songs.