Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz

It was so enlightening to read a political lecture from Ella Yelich-O'Connor… oops, I mean Lorde, this week, headlining the news with her premonition of a storm for Mr Trump.

Now not being an ardent supporter of either Ms Lorde or Mr Trump, I was nevertheless impressed that Ms Lorde is so qualified to make headline news with her opinions on world politics.

It stuns me that at only age 20, after spending most of that time becoming a singer, Ms Lorde is also apparently a credible political analyst and its seems, a self-appointed spokesperson for the entire millennial generation. Political science degrees must come free with record contracts these days.

A bit like getting your driver licence in the Weet-Bix packet.

Last time we heard some loose commentary by someone out of their depth was from Mr Tamaki, also with a self-appointed, grandiose title of Bishop.

“These old men in power have a storm coming, the likes of which they cannot comprehend,” according to Ella/Lorde.

Even more interesting is that she demonstrates both sexist and ageist tendencies, by attacking the “old men” running the world.

Ironic that she's given herself a title (Lorde) that is only bestowed on the same Old Men she's discriminating against.

This would be as discriminatory as me calling all young female singers “airheads”. Or criticising a leader's ability based on any part of their make-up: Gender, age, race, hair colour, lack of hair, dress sense or speech impediment.

Fair game
It's as if the world rallies against discrimination of all people and races; except older, white males. They're fair game. We've seen it all before. ‘Celebrities' such as actors and actresses who spend their entire careers pretending to be someone else, suddenly develop the ability to tell the rest of the world what's true and right.

A resume featuring stints as Xena Warrior Princess, and jetting around the world, suddenly qualifies a person to become a rampant tree hugger.  

Sean Penn, whose blood and guts roles have glorified war, was an activist against the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Willie Nelson, bless him, protests to have marijuana legalised. And cheers to Ted Danson, whose jet-setting career foamed to a head pouring pints at a bar, still jet sets around the world, deploring the state of the world's oceans.

Just about all of them are on a ‘save the planet' mission but rarely walk the talk. Except Gwyneth Paltrow. Her latest thing is shoving jade eggs in her mimi to improve sex drive, it was reported this week.

Stick to knitting
Why bother staying informed if you have pre-determined that you will ‘stay outraged'?  Just go straight to outrage and save yourself the reading.

Lordey, Lordey, Lordey. You're only 20, girl.

Give those who've been around for a few decades some credit for their experience. I've got an electric drill that's older than you and spins as much hot air. (Mind you, it whines too).

The really annoying thing about old men – and you can't take this away from them – is that they have been around a long time. That means they've learnt a lot more than you. You can't deny the old buggers that.

If this young lady is seen as a serious commentator on world politics, we have to wonder who is going to be wheeled out next, to give us their ‘expert' commentary on world affairs.

Gwyneth springs to mind immediately, lobbying for jade eggs to be free range.

Perhaps some of the “old men” of politics could be interviewed on their opinion of the younger generation's musical abilities?

Why is Jim Bolger not being front-paged with his take on the millennial whoop*.

Or Noel Pope leading the news with his critical review of the latest hip hop releases? It makes as much sense as caring what Ms Lorde twit-twats about the US presidency.

Or a squash player trying to dictate race relations. Oh hang on, we've already seen that train wreck.

Advice to Ms Lorde: Stick to the knitting. That's an “old man's” saying that means ‘stay with what you know and are good at'.

The Millennial Whoop
What is the Millennial Whoop? I hear some of you ask. It's the same annoying whooping sound that has shown up in a surprising number of pop tunes. For the technically and musically-minded, it's a musical sequence repeating the fifth and third notes in a major scale. In other words, a melodic hook that you probably hear as the “wa oh, wa oh, wa oh” and is now so common and entrenched in millennial generation music that listeners are subconsciously addicted to it.

Funny, it took an “old man” to identify the “whoop” that has suckered in an entire generation of music followers. The musician who first outed the whoop explains that it makes new songs feel familiar, because you've basically heard them before. If you're still not comprehending, Google it.

There's some Youtube tracks that explain it well.

No wonder the smarter members of the millennial generation have rejected this nonsense and have reverted to “old men” classics such as Pink Floyd, Beatles, The Doors, Led Zep, Stones and AC/DC.

And a warning from Rogers Rabbits: Once your ear has picked up on this Millennial Whoop scam, it will taunt you. You'll hear it everywhere in modern pop and it will drive you nuts.

Seek an immediate antidote of Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Jimmy Barnes.