an amorous party at a farm

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Courtesy of freakytigger and indeed FreakyTrigger, apparently we have all resolved our generational difficulties and become one big happy Radio Two family since 1966. Blimes.

Arbitrary Woodstock reference WTF

Of course you can't have an innaccurate and limited poll carried out without poptimists getting involved, with our great experience in POLL SCIENCE and superior democratic methods. Err. Anyway, I'm clearly not the best mod for this task but away we go.


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It would be more thorough but I appear to be experiencing mild 'stealing wireless fail' so thought I'd just shove it out here quick.

Comments

Divided not by age or genre but by function

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Music is FOR things. Different music for different things!

I think about this mostly in relation to dance music. Dance music, when it shows up in the charts and is therefore in the faces of people who do not go to clubs and dance, is often dismissed as so much undifferentiated noise. What's the problem? Well, you're not supposed to sit on your sofa and LISTEN to it, is what. Dance music makes sense at a dance venue!

Functions aren't necessarily as discrete. I usually thing about the purpose of songs in an emotional sense: angry music, sad music, happy music, sexy music. Each has its place in my life.

Much of the extent of generational differences is purely differences in what functions one needs at different times in their lives. I listened to a lot more angry music in my teens!

The rest is largely a matter of simple salience - the music came out at a time while you were receptive, you were exposed, you made it part of your brain. Critical consensus elevates some artists to "timeless" status, which keeps them salient, and in currency, and thus in people's brains.