It was all that disposable income kids have. Anyway, the music business changed as a result. The Beatles, the Mamas and the Papas, those were probably the last groups that adults listened to as well as kids. The cultural taboos he once tilted against have all gone by the board as well, he says. The freedom to say almost anything you want about society's problems has been co-opted by the freedom to talk instead about genitalia, orgasms and other bodily functions.
Irreverence is easy.
What's difficult is wit. And I have the weight of maturity. I can see both sides now. I used to hope I would slide right from immaturity to senility. But that didn't happen.