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What Can We Learn From Music That Came Out Ten Years Ago?
Lessons from some of my favorite music from my past
Becoming Reacquainted With My Whole Self Through Music
I’m now at the age where some of my favorite albums dropped ten years ago. Projects I remember waiting on Tunes to drop or going to Best Buy with my parents to purchase are now relics from the past that music publications applaud for their impact.
When this started happening a few years ago, I pushed against it, denying the passage of time and my movement with it. Now, at 29, I listen to these projects with a deep sense of gratitude for the excellent songs they feature and the memories they unlock when I listen to them. Not only that, but I also look forward to the tenth-anniversary album releases every year and to the notable new songs, packages, and documentaries included in them.
With our busy work schedules, families, and daily tasks, it is easy to forget about projects that meant a lot to you in college or high school. Even for people who remember them, dismissing the albums as dated or only incredible for their time is also fashionable.
I encourage the naysayers to give the tenth-anniversary projects a try. They continue to awaken forgotten experiences I shared with…
