Yes, the ages we were in each of the decades has a lot to do with our list. I was roughly the same ages in the '70s that you were in the '80s. So my '70s list is entirely comprised of music I listened to later, mostly in the following decade. Then for me, the '80s (though entirely the later half) is the time when I basically established the identity, music and otherwise, that I still live in today. So the stuff in that list I was really mostly into right at the time. The difference for me between me at 30 and 20 (at least in terms of aesthetics, I definitely grew as a person in other ways) is negligible, while the difference between 20 and 10 is of course insurmountable.
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