Originally Posted by Kedvesem

I never know if something I like is old or new until after I've listened. My darling puts on music that he says I will like (and since he knows my taste, he knows in advance if I will), and then I rate it, and then he tells me if it's old or new.

I just heard Metallica for the first time about a month ago. I liked it. I like Anais Mitchell, too, and she is new.

More on topic, I think the older music is skewed to the "better" end of the scale because all of the forgettable, crappy songs have been ... forgotten.