because, occasionally i hear those songs that were big in high school and i say to myself, "this can't be five years old". but, it was five years ago, and so i am reminded that i'm five years older, and high school suddenly seems so far behind me. and its on those occassions, when i'm struck by the gap i feel growing between me and yesterday, i feel a desperate need to reach back and realize myself the way i was back then. like that part of me has been fading, and this stupid little song is the only thing that brings it back.
thats why, when someone asks me what type of music i enjoy listening to, i think about the easiness and peace of listening to classic rock.
i love how i can listen to those old songs that were written decades before i was born and not feel threatened by memories. they can never make me feel faded by time and space and experiences. they are incapable of making me feel dated.
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