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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant
See everyone on this forum harps on and on about "classics"
What makes an album a "classic", media telling you so? Time doesn't change anything. It just gives people an abhorrent illusion of nostalgia and a longing for the past. What you're in effect saying is an album can't reach "classic" status until it has aged to a certain point. But that is the weakest criteria.
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Classics are timeless and are either albums or songs that you can play at any time/era and it would still sound "fresh". It would be very difficult to call an album that recently came out a "classic" when it hasnt proven the test of time. How do we know people will still be listening to the album a year from now? How do we know it will still have the same impact 10 years from now? I dont think it gives people an illusion or a longing for the past. It all boils down to how memorable the song or album is and the impact it has made. There are alot of albums and songs that the media call "classics" that I think really arent and then you have some albums that will never be held in the same regard that are classics.