of a man who takes himself far too seriously

Its funny that today you can't really take yourself seriously without a bit of that hip irony and self-deprecating humor today's kids seem to be so fond of. I think its most apparent in music. In the seventies, rock bands took themselves EVER so seriously. They were like, 'Hey, we fuckin' ROCK and our parents SUCK because they did not ROCK as we are doing this particular moment in time!' Now bands seem to joke around with people at their own expense. I know I've gone to shows and they're constantly belittling themselves in the witty diatribe that fills the space between one song and another on their set. It's as if they're saying 'hey we know some people don't like us and this shit has probably been done one way or another, but man its fun.' They do it for fun. They love playing music, and I guess that's why they're doing it. Not like how Bob Dylan or Hendrix sounded. They were far too busy sending messages with their songs to just relax and have a bit of fun.
In a way, I think it's kind of a reaction against what those rockers turned out to be (unless they died, haha.): washed up junkies who can't accomplish anything they used to be able to. Who the hell can take them seriously now? Now it's just a big joke, just like all of those musicians had turned out to be.
So our being unable to take ourselves seriously may just be part of coping with becoming old and dying, feeble and alone, a shell of our former selves. After all, who'll be able to take us seriously then?
A note: this observation does not apply to mexicans. They take themselves VERY seriously.