music philosophy pt. 2

there is a corollary to my previous posts, and it involves old songs.

i do realize that listening to classic rock/classic pop/old songs in general does not equal to listening to what is mainstream in the present, and that would fall under the non-conformist category.

but!

the 'classic' genre is called classic for a good reason - they were mainstream back in their day. therefore, you can be considered conforming... just not with your generation. it was the 'in' thing some years ago - just not now - but the fact remains that it was the in thing after all.

despite stepping in each other's territory sometimes, nostalgia is quite different from being a bit esoteric.