Outkast outcast
: My colleague Scott Brodeur agrees with my son: Me listening to Outkast is scary. I have one thing to say to both of them: Hey ya!
15 responses to “Outkast outcast”
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Howard Dean is quoting Outkast now, isn’t he? Not nice company, Jeff.
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Though listening to Outkast past the age of 40 veers dangerously close to Tobias Funke territory, I have to admit that lately, everytime we’re in the car together, my daughter grabs the iPod and queues up “Hey Ya”
I figure we’re not going to agree much about music, so why argue over such a fun song…. -
My guess is that when people over the age of 40 talk about listening to Outkast they’re talking only about the single “Hey Ya”, which is totally atypical of their stuff.
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Wrong, Eric. But I do miss a lot of songs if my son is in the car; my finger is on the button like the censor’s at Howard Stern’s studio. (See also Scott Brodeur’s followup post on this topic.)
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What Eric Deamer said.
Thanks to iTunes, I own “Hey Ya” but nothing else. Typical mid-forties guy all the way…. -
Jeff:
That’s interesting. I could see the Andre 3000 disc having a lot of “crossover” appeal (for lack of a better word), but the Big Boi disc gets pretty rough at points, which I’m guessing are the points you’re talking about fast forwarding past. -
I haven’t even heard “Hey Ya”. It hasn’t been released as a single in the UK, which is no excuse for me not owning the album. I did like “Miss Jackson,” though.
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Nest up; The Roots. You should give them a listen. Of course the language is unsuitable for younger people.
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It’s okay. There’s a cross-generational connect. Andre 3000 is going to play Jimi Hendrix in the upcoming biopic.
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This over-40 person frightens my daughter’s friends when they come over and I’m rocking out to Rammstein.
Never too old to bang your head. -
“Me and you, your momma and your cousin too…”
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As long as you old farts don’t all start trying to talk hip hop. That would be too sad!!!!
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I think it’s funny, adults talking hip-hop stylee, if it’s done jokingly. When I told my father (54, churchgoing executive) that I had a contact who could get me jewellery at cost, he replied, totally deadpan, “Hook me up wit da ice.”
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I’m still waiting for “bees knees” to come back in. Maybe it IS?
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23 skidoo!
