They say that music matters most when you’re a teenager.

Apparently (as reported in an article appearing the in the SMH back in 2004) it is a ‘social lubricant and signifier in your 20s and represents the person you remember you were (and wish you were still) when you’re in your 30s and 40s’.

“Along the way you go from searching out the thrill of the new to pondering the strangeness of the new to dismissing the inadequacies of the new.

“If you believe there hasn’t been a great band since (insert your preferred period here) ask yourself: do I really want to hear new music? Do you read about new bands, new songwriters? Do you want to be challenged to think differently or do your prefer to have your tastes confirmed?

“The chances are if you’re already past your mid-20s you did (or should, if you’re being honest) answer no to those questions. Just like every generation you are stuck in the music of your youth and young adulthood.

“And there’s nothing wrong with that. Who says you have to like or care about any new music, whether it’s new to you in 1967, 1977 or 2007?”

That said – there are song’s that live in everyone’s mind – songs – as so eloquently penned by ELO in the mid 70′s – that you simply can’t get out of your head.

So at the risk of having those very tunes resonate throughout the day – what’s yours?

Click Here to listen to ELO and Cant Get It Out of My Head

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