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What are people thinking when they listen to classic rock hits radio in their cars? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 day ago by duderium@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Kind of a bourgeois question but whatever. People do actually listen to these radio stations. They will actively seek out radio stations that really do just play the same five or ten rock hits from the seventies, maybe mixed with some modern garbage. Why do they do this? What is going through their minds on the conscious and unconscious levels?

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You also don't have new music marketed at you nearly as aggressively

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

You are also no longer the target audience. Pop music is especially bad at this. It becomes instantly unrelatable once you're in your 30s. Songs about partying, songs about tfw no bf/gf, songs about pursuing dreams, songs about being yourself. How about songs about lower back pain or songs about extended family fighting in probate court over some dead uncle's McMansion?

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I hit 30 and all of a sudden Spotify won't play anything newer than 2017