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<blockquote data-quote="Baltimore Jones" data-source="post: 215818" data-attributes="member: 3234"><p>This is probably just selection bias. When you listen to a "classics" or "oldies" station (even if they specialize in stuff that's only 10-20 years old), they're playing only the stuff that has stood the test of the time, the very best songs from a 10-30 year period depending on the station's specialty. In 10 years, there will be "Top 40" songs from today that will be recognized as truly great (Take Me to Church for example) and we won't hear all the crap anymore, so we'll remember the era more fondly. The cream rises to the top. You're forgetting all of the songs from the '60s or '70s or '80s-'90s that we DON'T hear anymore because they were so bad.</p><p></p><p>It's probably the same thing with SNL. People always say some old era was better than today, but that's because they're remembering only the very best sketches. There were always duds, and my guess is the ratio stays fairly constant most of the time. Same with songs, movies, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agree with most of this. I wouldn't really consider the Oscars to be a good judge of the art of film though. It's "Oscar bait" for a reason - "critics bait" is not as much of a thing. Good critics are not morons (by definition).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baltimore Jones, post: 215818, member: 3234"] This is probably just selection bias. When you listen to a "classics" or "oldies" station (even if they specialize in stuff that's only 10-20 years old), they're playing only the stuff that has stood the test of the time, the very best songs from a 10-30 year period depending on the station's specialty. In 10 years, there will be "Top 40" songs from today that will be recognized as truly great (Take Me to Church for example) and we won't hear all the crap anymore, so we'll remember the era more fondly. The cream rises to the top. You're forgetting all of the songs from the '60s or '70s or '80s-'90s that we DON'T hear anymore because they were so bad. It's probably the same thing with SNL. People always say some old era was better than today, but that's because they're remembering only the very best sketches. There were always duds, and my guess is the ratio stays fairly constant most of the time. Same with songs, movies, etc. Agree with most of this. I wouldn't really consider the Oscars to be a good judge of the art of film though. It's "Oscar bait" for a reason - "critics bait" is not as much of a thing. Good critics are not morons (by definition). [/QUOTE]
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