Boomer failures overshadow Sgt. Pepper anniversary

What Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is not is the perfect encapsulation of American hippie counterculture. A 12-year-old sitting on the end of his bed trying to figure out what would compel someone to dream of rocking horse people and marmalade skies might have thought so. The 52-year-old in the Lexus today has to face the fact that his generation ultimately failed and it’s time to hand over the reins to the next one and see what it can do. Forty years on, maybe no album has touched Sgt. Pepper for sheer expressiveness and creativity. The entire hour of On Point could have been devoted to discussing this aspect. Instead, we were treated to baby boomers growing a big rubbery one while fawning over the unrealized promise of their lost youth. "Sgt. Pepper Is More Than An Excuse For Boomer Nostalgia" Cinema Blend