Recently, someone close to me lamented the fact she's getting older. One reason: Cyndi Lauper is now relegated on a particular music service to the oldies genre. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with the categorization, but that's not what this dialogue is really about. I wrote previously about how age is a relative thing. To a five year old, thirty seems impossibly old. Once you've reached that milestone, the bar gets pushed further, and suddenly old is something like ninety-five. Assuming music genres work the same way, it's not a surprise that some nineteen year old doing the programming at XM/Sirius considers Cyndi Lauper worthy of the oldies designation. I prefer the term classic , myself. My reasoning is that classic implies something better than old, and that's exactly what I think we become as we age! The true definition of classic describes someone or something as having recognized value, as well as lasting significance or worth. For the most part, I ...
A Yankee gal living her best life in the South. I love all things history. I'm an academic advisor by day and a domestic goddess and family historian by night - and whenever I get the chance!