> > Ah. Pop music. No wonder I had no idea. Written in
> > 1975, it says on that page. I'd have been 10 - but I
> > wouldn't have been listening to that. Of course, if it
> > was actually any good then it would still be being
> > played every year since, and the listeners age would
> > be irrelevant, like Mozart - but it's pop.
>
> You're making the same grump as Bernard Levin once did, and
> falling into
> the same factual error. Good pop often -is- played every
> year since first
> written, and by that test 'Fernando' is good pop.
But John assumed that whether or not one knew it depended on one's age.
Which would only be true if it had stopped being played. He's the one
introducing it, so if he effectively says it's trash, why should I
disbelieve?