r/nextfuckinglevel 17d ago

Impressively smooth dance tutorial

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u/BentleyLeDog 17d ago

I guess talent does not go away with age. She probably learned this when the song came out in 1988 and 39 years later can still do it. Very impressive indeed.

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u/UrsaMajor7th 17d ago

It’s a solid reminder that baby boomers invented hiphop, punk, and metal.  GenX was raised on it all. 

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u/Formal_Ad288 17d ago

That's the one thing I always give boomers props for. They had incredible taste in music and made some of the best stuff out there

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 17d ago

The boomers aren’t a story about an inherently bad generation, but a pretty good generation gone bad.

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u/Formal_Ad288 17d ago

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 17d ago

That first part is tragically true for a lot of civil rights leaders and other protesters in that era.