OT: Billy Joel, Rod Stewart to perform one-night-only show at Yankee Stadium

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Guess I'm officially old and crotchety af, but I do not understand for the life of me why those vids are such a big thing.

I've accidentally clicked 'em before when just looking to play a song, and I just scratch my head wondering why anyone would want to spend their time watching some rando listen to music.

Goes right in the over-the-top self-indulgence bucket along with all the other "I did some basic everyday thing ... here's what happened!" cool stories. Don't care, douche!

Ok, I'm good now.

Pretty simple. Same mechanism as taking a child to an amusement park.. or a significant other to someplace they never have been but you have.. you see it anew.. experience it anew.. through them.

There's a related series of YouTubers doing videos of various types of neophytes experiencing various foods.

- an Italian eats Carrabas or Olive Garden or pizza chains

- English schoolboys eat Wendys.. or English father tries Southern biscuits and gravy

- Afghan tribal elders try American steakhouse

etc etc

 

[fsg2]

Pretty simple. Same mechanism as taking a child to an amusement park.. or a significant other to someplace they never have been but you have.. you see it anew.. experience it anew.. through them.

There's a related series of YouTubers doing videos of various types of neophytes experiencing various foods.

- an Italian eats Carrabas or Olive Garden or pizza chains

- English schoolboys eat Wendys.. or English father tries Southern biscuits and gravy

- Afghan tribal elders try American steakhouse

etc etc

I get that, and I get people's need for affirmation. Don't so much understand doing it through random nobodies, some of whom are clearly faking/acting, on the internet. Mostly just surprised how big it is - get flooded with those things every time I look for any kind of music. I remember it used to be mostly voice coaches or music industry types (more like your food examples), now it's just anyone with ears.

No big deal, trends don't appeal to everyone.