2013 in 10 Songs

It seems that a lot of the music I listened to this past year, even the new stuff, sounded like older stuff. I guess there were a few reasons for that. For one, the older I get, and the more music I've heard, the more I hear similarities and spot (or imagine) influences. Also, the older I get, the more the element of nostalgia creeps in to my appreciation of music (as with everything else). As a Gen-X'er who chuckled at boomers reliving their glory days at Eagles reunion tours and the like, it's particularly painful to see the heroes of my youth re-form and go out on tour and realize that I'm now in that demographic myself. No matter how much one tries to be open-minded, it's hard to shake the feeling that the music of one's youth was really the best kind of music. Last, but perhaps not least, it seems like there are more quality bands these days trying to recreate older styles.