I've noticed this too and I think it comes out even more in polls like these, where apart from a few exceptions everyone broadly agrees that all the songs are any good at all - even very good - and the nostalgic solidity of a tried-and-tested classic that has gone beyond transient appeal might be a deciding factor?
a tried-and-tested classic that has gone beyond transient appeal
yes, and I think it's very possible that people can second-guess their own motives, think 'well i really like this now but maybe i'll stop loving it, whereas my opinions aren't going to change on [canonical song]'. it's not just grimey simey who doesn't want to turn out to have been 'wrong' in the past! on both a personal and a public level.
i don't know how much not-wanting-to-be-seen-to-be-wrong there is actually; more a greater willingness to trust what we know we feel rather than what we suspect might not last? this is less "i want to get it right" - i think most poptimists would not be ashamed of transient love, or really believe in a right/wrong - than "i privilege songs which last over songs which don't, or might not".
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Re: Hmmm
Date: 2007-02-15 01:49 pm (UTC)Re: Hmmm
Date: 2007-02-15 02:17 pm (UTC)yes, and I think it's very possible that people can second-guess their own motives, think 'well i really like this now but maybe i'll stop loving it, whereas my opinions aren't going to change on [canonical song]'. it's not just grimey simey who doesn't want to turn out to have been 'wrong' in the past! on both a personal and a public level.
Re: Hmmm
Date: 2007-02-15 02:20 pm (UTC)