Children of the ’80s, prepare to feel … geezerly.
A recent poll of Ellegirl magazine’s readers declared Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose the world’s second-coolest old person, mtv.com reports.
Yes, old person.
Technically, Axl–all of 43 years old–counts as the coolest, because readers voted “grandparents” No. 1.
He had company. Clint Eastwood, Elvis Costello, Madonna and Mick Jagger were among the other old codgers on Ellegirl’s list.
Of course, you can’t blame Ellegirl readers, especially when you figure most of them probably were born after 1990. Let’s take a look at the year 1990, when Axl and GN’R were at their peak after the release of their albums “Appetite for Destruction” and “Lies.”
The year A.D. 1990
– People actually lived without iPods and BlackBerry hand-held devices. How did they ever survive?
– Businessman Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump, staged a bitter divorce battle.
– A film called “Driving Miss Daisy” won the Academy Award for best picture. Yes, children, it had talking characters and was shown in full color.
– Chicago’s mayor was Richard M. Daley, a colorful fellow you may remember … wait a minute. He’s still mayor? Moving on.
– MC Hammer wasn’t broke.
– Kids still played Nintendo. If they were lucky, they also had a Game Boy with the yellow screen. And if they were anti-social, Sega Genesis.
– The cellular telephone was roughly the size of a personal computer, which was roughly the size of an adult milk cow.
– According to the 1990 U.S. census, the median family income was just $35,225. Can you even imagine?
