MAG2NYC

One of the things that strikes me as interesting about this exchange is the split between past and present. Could it possibly be that pop music is specifically linked to a point in time (for most listeners, not all) when people connect with the music because of age?

I'm hesitant to use age as a marker, but it seems to be significant as posters refer to a point in time when the "music was better" and I'd venture to guess that it's connected to a point in their lives when they were "newer" (kind of like pop music). I'm thinking that as we age, our tastes in music become more complex and sophisticated so pop music at 20 sounds better (more relevant?) than it does at 40.

I'm in no way implying that pop music is unsophisticated or not relevant, I'm just saying that perhaps the reason that many think today's music is irrelevant is because it no longer applies to where *they* are in their lives because it's mainly written and sung by those who are generations younger.

ladyislingering

I do think that has a lot to do with it but there are some of us (I'm 25 this year) who prefer the pop of the 1960s and 70s even if we weren't alive at the time (but grew up on groovy radio tunes, ultimately expanding our knowledge based on this) ... well, in this lifetime anyway, but that's another thread entirely...

there's something so special about the past that is missing from the present.

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