@cherold We've both deleted our but I think you're missing a term in your algebraic expression. Let's try it as a story problem:
"Ed really likes a song that came out in 1982. What year was Ed born?"
Aa you see, unresolvable. I associate that particular song with people who'd have been somewhere between 15 and 35 or so in 1982, most of whose birthdates fall well inside the baby-boom period of 1946-64
@pieist 35! I feel most people choose their favorite songs between 12 and 25. By 30 they're losing their openness to new music and getting into "kids these days" territory.
So if we say 1964 is still a Boomer (controversial, but ok) then there is a sliver of Boomers for whom the early 80s is very much their jam. But when you use generations, you are describing what is *typical*. That's the whole point of dividing people into generations. And the *typical* boomer is not blasting 80s tunes.
@cherold Fair enough, but honestly I see "Caught Up In You" as a 70s tune that got off to a late start. (Didn't eat right or something. I blame its mother.) Very much in the 70s Americana roots--rock tradition and that's who'd connect with it. (Bob Seger ditto)
@pieist I dunno, sounds like a bad 80s song to me, but I guess it may be a fit with the bad late 70s sound.
@cherold (the age range is an idiosyncratic choice of my own, of course. 15 is about the earliest age with which I feel much connection to the popular music of the time, and 35 is about the point when I largely stopped feeling much one. Your mileage may vary. Not all stocks go up: some go down. Ask your doctor if highly subjective pop culture generalizations are right for you.)