Not something I have ever experienced; until the Millenial generation, not something I ever heard of.
I looked up the song; if this is a complaint about younger people, you'll have to explain it to me.
Bye, bye, Birdie
I'm gonna miss you so
Bye, bye, Birdie
Why'd ya have to go (Bye, bye)
No more sunshine (Sunshine)
It's followed you away (You away)
I'll cry, Birdie (Birdie)
Till you're home to stay (Home to stay)
I'll miss the way you smile
As though it's just for me
And each and ev'ry night
I'll write to you faithfully
Bye, bye, Birdie,
It's awful hard to bear
Bye, bye, Birdie
Guess I'll always care
Guess I'll always ca-a-a-a-are
Guess I'll always care!
Oh boy. I didn't say it was the song Bye Bye Birdie. It is a song IN Bye Bye Birdie. The song is called Kids. But yes, complaining about the younger generation has literally been around since Aristotle.
[Mr. MacAfee]
Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They are disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy, loafers!
While we're on the subject:
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids today?
[Mr. and Mrs. MacAfee]
Kids!
I've tried to raise him the best I could
Kids! Kids!
Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons!
And while we're on the subject!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
Why can't they dance like we did
What's wrong with Sammy Kaye?
What's the matter with kids today?