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Another way of thinking is that rather than our tastes progressing, as we all like to think that they do, maybe at times they regress.
I used to think that Swans were a fantastic band. Now, when I listen to something like Greed I find it to be the over-indulgent sound of a bunch of juvenile misery-mongers.
Have I come to some kind of great truth about Swans, or am I just being intellectually or emotionally lazy in my old age?
People can come to like or dislike certain types of music for all kinds of reasons, not always for purely musical reasons.
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