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** "Oh look. Here comes the last wave."

** This tends to run in cycles, as the last big thing becomes more and more dominated by label-created groups that are focus grouped to death until the stage is set for the next revolution in music (movies follow the same pattern). The fact that most of what we remember from past eras is the cream of the crop and ignores [[Sturgeon's Law]] is also a big part of it.

* Pretty much every generation laments for their respective "good old days". Those born in the 1920s wished for the days before rock'n'roll; those born in the 1950s wished for the days of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''; those born in the 1960s keep telling those born in the 80's that "we didn't do that sort of thing when we were your age"; and those born in the 1980s bitch about how kids have it too easy now, and are growing up soft. It's happened since the dawn of time and will keep happening until the end of mankind as we know it.

* Pretty much every generation laments for their respective "good old days". Those born in the 1920s wished for the days before rock'n'roll; those born in the 1950s wished for the days of ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''; those born in the 1960s keep telling those born in the 80's that "we didn't do that sort of thing when we were your age"; and those born in the 1980s bitch about how kids have it too easy now, and are growing up soft. Early 2000s kids are joining in on this as they approach adulthood during the 2020s and miss the days before smartphones. It's happened since the dawn of time and will keep happening until the end of mankind as we know it.

** [[Nostalgia Filter|The brain is more or less "use it or lose it", and people often don't rehash unpleasant memories, meaning they forget the bad things and remember the past as being better than it was.]]

** ''[[The Daily Show]]'' lampooned this and said it was because everything seems less complicated when you're a child.