> I find this philosophy that "every generation has it's idols" disturbing. > People are not computers where you download a certain operation system every > other year (=musical "trends"), and once you've passed your youth you're > stuck with the music you listened to. Of course not. Music is culture, and > culture has the ability to survive thousands of years, there's no sell-by > date in it, it doesn't lose it's energy like a battery.
yeah, but the majority of peoples' listening habits tend to adhere to this model. i don't see many people my parents' age down at the local records store. glyn