It is obvious to me why oldies are the best: They have the most frequent airplay, if you count back over the years. When it's played that many times, it just melds into your subconsciousness, a soothing tune that you may not recognise, but you're sure you've heard before. All those days spent riding in my dad's car, listening to those timeless tunes that today make me reach for SoundCloud to find out what it is. Those sweet R&B grooves, the catchy funk hooks, the anthemic quality of those classic rock ballads - memories are made of these.
I mean, when you compare it all the prefabricated, AutoTuned, manufactured pop there is out there (don't hide, Bieber; it's not that impressive that you can play instruments), as well as the profanity-laced, fake-angsty, bling-bling hip-hop there is out there by artists with punctuation marks in their name$, there really is no contest - oldies, by 500 country miles.
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