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Lamenting times lost

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I think part of getting older leaves you to wish for the past.  I don't know whether that is because we wish for better days, or that we don't feel comfortable with the way the world has changed around us. When I was younger I couldn't understand why older people insisted on listening to older music, and how uncool that was.  Yet now I find myself in my late 30's and lamenting the music we left behind.  Please don't get me wrong I do like some of the new music, but I find time and time again, that I go back and listen to the songs of my late teens and early 20's. So I find out a couple days courtesy of my partner that the bands I like listening to is bogan (red neck) music.  How did something so cool end up with that status.  I do listen to a lot of Australian bands from that time.  But the way of life I enjoyed has gone now and I know that no matter how much I lament the loss it will neve...