Youth Culture?

So we were talking about Youth Culture in class again today. I feel like I missed the boat on American youth culture, and all of the comparisons of British youth culture to American youth culture really goes over my head.

Have I failed somehow?

I spent my childhood... going to college, on the internet, and reading/writing. No music, no TV (save PBS, which really isn't youth culture), not even videogames until much later. Childhood friends seem to all be pursuing videogames creation now.

I guess I missed out on music and culture and all that kind of stuff. Too much listening to my dad's generation... which was right before the start of youth culture in America.