tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16655521.post1155208627904981031..comments2024-02-07T12:13:18.013+00:00Comments on missing dust jacket: completely boyraspberry berethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818036801098489630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16655521.post-26923974851661064932008-08-15T12:54:00.000+00:002008-08-15T12:54:00.000+00:00Sorry, can't make much of an intelligent comment a...Sorry, can't make much of an intelligent comment about WSS, but your post (and the title of the book you quote from) made me think of something else: what is the difference between the way teenage boys and teenage girls react to pop? The teenage girl's relationship with pop seems more genuine, less forced, to me. Boys don't abandon themselves to pop as much, or at least not in the same way - instead of cutting a rug, they make lists or collect everything their favourite band has ever done - anything to distance themselves from (and, in a way, deaden) the music.<BR/><BR/>Girls "get" pop more than boys do - they immediately find meaning where boys have to search for it. And it is more limited to a specific time, place and set of feelings - hence why women are often less lifelong in their passion for music. The glorious, estacy of teenage pop obsession exhausts itself for girls, whereas boys turn into neurotic, depressive rock fans (cf High Fidelity).paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867697107799151822noreply@blogger.com