I was born into the tail end of the years people consider to be Generation X.* Apparently, this means I am, and I paraphrase, an apathetic, cynical, and disaffected slacker. To be truthful, I might be one of those things at any given time, but I'm rarely if ever all of them at the same time. That takes work.
Anyway, I heard 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up" while driving to somewhere or other today. This got me to thinking...assuming that an entire Generation can be labeled by one shallow definition and assuming that members of my generation believed in such things as "anthems," could there be an argument for this song to be considered said anthem? I suppose most people think it's Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, but I think this song might have a case:
Check out the video.
I have a feeling saying this might put me somewhere in the middle of stupid and contagious and fashionably sensitive but too cool to care.
*(BTW, there's a novel named Generation X, by Douglas Coupland.
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