Ahh. Then it's one of the many remakes I don't click with. Come to think of it, I can't think of any remakes (including the ones listed by Channel above) that I do gravitate toward. Just searched my MP3 collection (over 30K songs) and I don't have any of them in there. But it is a good song.... in theory!
But do you honestly think your zero is representative of anything other than your personal taste/experience? I see at least 5 songs on your "ok" list that are among the best songs of all time.
Totally agree
Understood. For example I recognize "Space Oddity" as a landmark of modern music. But do I listen to it? Maybe once a year if it seeks me out...
Well, these are the top 40 hits from that point in time. And if you consider that the songs ranked between 30 and 40 may well have already hit the top 10, or were about to, then what you have is a bunch of very popular hit songs. So, by definition, they are/were deemed "good" by more people from that era (or fans of that era) than any other songs. So it shouldn't be surprising that we have DRC members who like most of the songs that were liked by the largest number of people.
That's about right, and many studies back that up. I'd say that about half of us here on DRC still listen to new music - me, sadchild, Hectic, Jon, Monostereo, perhaps others. But I think we'd all agree that the passion we have for the music from the formative years of our lives, goes beyond the music we like in our later years. Old Chicago, Yes, Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, J. Geils Band, B-52s, Cars, Springsteen all generate stronger emotions for me than Radiohead, Black Keys, Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala, or St. Vincent.
But it is to me. I don't think I could find a top 40 where I like more than 25 of them. In high school, I'm sure I sat next to someone who liked 15 songs on the top 40 I didn't (Jody Watley, Whitney Houston, Debbie Gibson, The Jets, Expose, Starpoint...) and I liked 15 songs on there they didn't (Beasties, Falco, Van Halen, Boston, Run DMC, Guns N Roses, Motley Crue...) It does surpise me when someone can say "I like 38 songs in the top 40 that week".
Bingo
Definitely. Even though I find more songs that I like these days each year, my fav songs of all time are mostly found between 1982-1994.
Well, I’m a big Rush fan so it’s safe to say that I don’t really fit the template for “popular” music. For newer music I do (still) tend to like the stuff that‘s a bit less mainstream.
Yes, but you're a rock music guy. I'm a rock music guy. But there are a lot of pop music people - apparently more than rock music people. That's why it's called "pop", because it's popular. So if a pop music person is presented with the top hits of an era they are fond of, what's not to like?
