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Get ready to feel really old. Your kids have no idea who the rock stars you grew up with are!
Chances are, if you showed your kids a pic of Adele or Kanye, they may be able to name them. Parents love music: We let our kids dance to music videos; we choose the clean versions of pop music for our Spotify playlists. But some of the music we grew up with that dominated MTV back in the day when they used to actually play music videos? Your kids have no idea who these weird pop stars are.
Images: Joan Jett: Chris Walter/Getty Images; MJ: Fin Costello/Getty Images; Boy George: Bettmann/Corbis; Bowie: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Madonna: Michael Putland/Getty Images; Prince: Phil Ramey/Corbis; John Taylor: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis; Mike Score: Ron Wolfson/Getty Images; Gene Simmons: Reuters/Corbis; Adam Ant: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis
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Painty Hands? Okay, kiddo, whatever you say!
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Basically, girls of a certain age all consider Joan Jett their "mommy."
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Wait a minute -- Prince has nothing in common with "Bird Pet," kid.
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"Coral Under the Sea" actually does sound like it could be a Prince song -- maybe a follow-up to "Raspberry Beret."
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Sob. What this kid called Bowie is so sad and prophetic!
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This is the second kid who thought Prince was Michael Jackson! But at least they got Bowie's name of "Jimmy Hulu" correct, which I am pretty sure was one of his personas after the Thin White Duke.
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"Patrick" and "Saint Patrick" ... They must be related. Thanks to all the parents who let their adorable kids participate! Now go play them some old-school jams.
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