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[remindmeofthe]

Inquiry:

What's the statute of limitations on songs you should hate but love anyway? In other words, how long before nostalgia becomes an acceptable factor/excuse?

I have a copy of "My Heart Will Go On" complete with clips of dialogue from Titanic. The movie came out when I was fourteen, and I saw it for the first time when I was fifteen (for my birthday!). I am now twenty-six. Is it okay to admit that, due to fond associations, I love the song and always will, or should I keep my mouth shut on the subject for a while longer? What about Ricky Martin's "La Vida Loca," which came out when I was roughly sixteen? When does it become okay to embrace songs (or other forms of media) that become victims of tremendous backlash?

Comments

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. That does sound like fun. I do have a few songs I am hugely fond of for the simple reason that I learned it for chorus.

It is possible I am overthinking this.

[ashen_key]

It was gorgeous in choir, and when I sing along to it now, I still sing the alto. The other one we sang that I adore is 'Walking in the Air' - although I adored that song before, too.

*grins* just a little, maybe.

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

YES ALTO. In my chorus, we sang the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody," and to this day when I hear it on the radio, I'm more inclined to sing the alto part even though I knew the song long before we sang it in chorus.