For older guys

Yet again we discover that 'artistry' isn't limited nor constrained to the present, although 'classical' music from the past is generally worshiped...

Como, Crosby, Martin, et all...they were the 'top of the pops' in their era.  My parents loved them, and they can still be appreciated in that context.

I always liked the Andrews sisters and their style, which later I admired again as a fan of the Roches.  And what's old can be new, yet again...*S*

It's not my 'daily fare', either....but I can listen and appreciate the more 'popular' selections of the era, putting myself into the context of 'when'.

When men fought and died in foreign lands, listening to that...what they danced to, made love with, worked to, played to....

Later, they came home and put their lives together and created us.

We have no right to sneer.  But we can stop, think, and try to appreciate.
And really, it's hard to do Astaire 'moves' to hiphop or EDM....;)

schubert, Thank You. *G*

I 'hammer' at a lot of things, and have no reluctance at being the 'Devil's Advocate' with regard to some subjects.  When it comes to 'the music', it's all tastes and preferences IMHO.  And that's a Good Thing.  If we all liked the same thing, it'd be all shades of grey and not a lot to discuss.

My personal preferences would likely send some screaming towards the nearest porcelain porch to revisit lunch, but that's another matter...;)

How you prefer to listen to what you like is, again, subject to preference.  I'd hope that one is listening to the music vs, listening to and for the flaws in the reproduction of it.  Self-defeating, IMHO....but then, I have my 'flaws', as my spouse will happily expound upon. ;)

New stuff, old stuff...there's always the good, the bad, and the ugly. *L*  Some things never change, they just...well, they're There.
Just play it, any of it, and Enjoy.

When it comes to comedy, taste is one of the first sacred cows to fall.  But that's when parody can be it's sharpest and most memorable.