middle age and music, a meme gakked from Shalmestere

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"Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn suggests the following test to determine when you became middle-aged: scan his list of #1 summer hits, and the first one you can't hum (even a little bit) marks the year in which you became middle-aged. "
Hmm, it appears my loathing of "rap" music caused me to become middle aged in  August 1997: "I'll Be Missing You" -- Puff Daddy & Faith Evans.
Do I get a delay because I knew songs ten years before I was born?

Comments

[cryptocosm.livejournal.com]

Going by the strict rules, I apparently became middle-aged in 1958 (at age 1.) There is, however, a more distinct cut-off: I'm familiar with all but 5 up through 1987 - and none of them from 1988 on. Not that I stopped listening to radio - just Top 40 stations - but I guess if I quit following children's music (or what passes for it) the author's point is made.