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Originally Posted by After a brisk nap
Besides, when you look back it's much easier to choose the works that have stood the test of time and become classics, and avoid all the junk and ephemera of contemporary culture.
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Unfortunately, some people choose to do nothing
but this. Heaven forbid they form an opinion on their own, or step outside the mainstream.
Cases in point: Elvis and the Beatles. Forty or fifty years on, it's very easy to appreciate their contributions to popular music, but when each of them were first gaining popularity they faced strong opposition from the established mainstream and were considered talentless hacks and harbingers of the downfall of civilization.
How many people who profess to
just love Elvis or the Beatles NOW would have espoused that same sentiment back when having that opinion would have garnered them more than a few quizzical looks?
