The Muppets (a Silent Gen creation originally developed to help GenX children learn the challenges of adulthood) have their groove on with a slew of new music videos. On November 23, 2009, the Muppets folk posted to YouTube this video. As of December 8th, (15 days later) the video has been viewed 9,722,185 times and has received 46,470 ratings. And 5-star ratings, no less.
One of the reasons for the viral success of this video– I offer — is that this particular song, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, is part of the first-wave GenXer childhood. As such, the first wave of GenXers are crossing over into midlife. And while people can have nostalgia for a time past, a generation doesn’t really experience nostalgia for a life-phase until it’s far enough away from it. For the new-to-midlife GenXers, they’ve passed through childhood, young adulthood and are now, not only, experiencing nostalgia for their childhood but are the primary generation of parents in America. So, the resonance of this song,
… for their own childhood nostalgia,
… combined with the Muppets (another point of nostalgia, with Muppets being a stronger memory for GenX than Millennials),
… plus many GenX being parents themselves now, makes this video or rock stars gone by an absolute success! Both with GenX parents and with kids.
Enjoy!
Oh, and this video was sent to me by my sister and one with whom I watched many a Muppet show during our ever-so-GenX latchkey children days.
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December 9, 2009 at 7:38 am
Thanks, Jessie! Wow, I laughed so hard! This GenX’er loved the Muppets and still does. In a time of endless Boomer rhapsodizing about “sex, drugs, rock & roll”, the Muppets were one of the few bits of entertainment that were specifically for our generation.
Animal was always one of my favorite characters.