Comments on: taste the difference http://social-creature.com/taste-the-difference culture commentary, consumer insight, marketing strategy Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ariel http://social-creature.com/taste-the-difference#comment-1287 Ariel Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:23:21 +0000 http://social-creature.com/taste-the-difference#comment-1287 This cracks me up: <i>If you’re listening to classic rock in high school, you’re doing something the other 91% of the kids at your high school aren’t into, or onto yet.</i> There was *totally* a crew of classic rock hipster kids at my middle school back in the '80s. While I was obsessing over Richard Marx and Soft Cell, there was this pack of cool girls who *only* listened to Zepplin and Cat Stevens. It was absolutely a "you can have your new music -- we know what's REALLY good" reverse psychology coolness statement. This cracks me up: If you’re listening to classic rock in high school, you’re doing something the other 91% of the kids at your high school aren’t into, or onto yet.

There was *totally* a crew of classic rock hipster kids at my middle school back in the ’80s. While I was obsessing over Richard Marx and Soft Cell, there was this pack of cool girls who *only* listened to Zepplin and Cat Stevens. It was absolutely a “you can have your new music — we know what’s REALLY good” reverse psychology coolness statement.

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