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>From: Lazlo Nibble [SMTP:lazlo@swcp.com]
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>In other words, when you're nostalgic about things it's because you
>appreciate
>quality when you see it, but when other people are nostalgic about things,
>it's because they're insecure fuckups without lives.
>
>And I think it's a crime to disrespect or ignore old music simply because
>it's
>not new music, so there you go.
>
>CF sez:
>No, when I like something that happens to be old it's not nostalgia. When you
>like something BECAUSE it's old, then that's nostalgia. Please don't tell me
>that Happy Days was a good TV show, or that Duran Duran was a good band or
>that Atari Combat is as good a game to Mario 64..
>
>It's okay to realize that something that seemed cool when you were a kid is
>not cool now, or that something that seemed dorky to you as a kid is cool
>now. I think that one of the biggest reasons for nostalgia, and the reason it
>feels so good for many people, is that it is an affirmation that you were
>interesting when you were a kid, and that the things that shaped you are
>enduring treasures. This is fine, but not when the things that you reminisce
>about are crap. There are plenty of wonderful things in the past which I
>think have been neglected because of a need for constant change, but Star
>Wars is not one of those things.
>
>I think that if everyone asked themselves before they bought the "Schoolhouse
>Rocks" CD last year "Is this even remotely good music?", that half of them
>would not have bought it.
>
>I agree that we shouldn't dislike old stuff because it's old. But I think
>really new, really innovative stuff is almost always good, at least
>temporarily.
>
>-Chris Fahey
>