I basically find this Boomer/ Gen-X/ Millennial stuff very contrived. But then again, I suppose sociology types (Gods gift to arts degrees) have got to draw some borders and differentiations, so they can then use their government grant money to try and tell people what they really are like, what they really think, and why.
Which of course makes me a boomer, yeh yeh, born in 1960 (61st birthday coming up)
But my tastes in music, and the music I rocked to growing up, fit right in with what you term Gen X music deeks- Floyd/ Zep/ Dacca/ Sabbath/ Pistols etc. Oh, and even we could be sensitive new age guys sometimes, when done headbanging or being spaced out on Floyd- Neil Young/ Dire Straits/ Beatles/ Dylan/ Cohen etc. I think we just took a few more drugs.
You see, what really is the difference between someone born in 1960 (Boomer, I'm told) and 1964 (Gen Xer!)? It's all a bit contrived and artificial. Here are a couple of typical Baby Boomers, to whet your intellectual appetite-
Do they fit your stereotype?
That's funny- we always thought they were a bit soft. New Romantics era.
If I can paint with a very broad brush, Gen Xers grew up with affluence. Boomers parents however, were mostly pretty poor- on our side of the pond, anyway. We, so to speak, grew up into affluence. Millennials don't even know what poor means (unless of course they cannot afford the latest iPhone), and thus invent things to call problems.
Anyway, good music deeks. Did you think boomers grew up with Elvis Parsley & The Platters? Not the ones I know- that were the Oldies.
But kudos where due- Grunge!! Yeh, that's Gen-X product, and boomers like me lapped it up too.