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January 27, 2013
Do Millennials (or Whatever) Love Fleetwood Mac Because They Didn't Live Through Punk?
That’s the case laid out by Telegraph writer James Lachno, at least. It could also explain John Travolta’s comeback in the early ’90s!
Where a decade or so ago the success of New Yorkers The Strokes and British quartet The Libertines led young music fans to devour the visceral debuts released during 1977’s punk explosion – from Television to The Clash – the resurgence in hook-laden guitar-pop has led us back to Rumours.
My generation, meanwhile, can enjoy the album without any of the baggage. We weren’t born until a decade after it came out, and didn’t live through the punk tribalism of the late-Seventies that would have made it so uncool to be the fan of such a “safe” album.
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