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From "What the Sixties Had that the Eighties Don't" by Paul Williams in The Penguin Book of Rock & Roll Writing:

"Rock & roll exists outside of time... . The kids who listen to the Doors' first album or the Beach Boys' Endless Summer as though these records were made this year have got it exactly right...

"...my idea of a timeless model of rock & roll as a whole would be an enormous jukebox with selections arranged in no particular order. Any time you look at it there's old stuff, new stuff, records you love and records you can't stand, current favourites and classics you've forgotten about, and lots and lots of things you've never heard before, some of which are sure to turn out to be wonderful, powerful, written and sung and recorded just for you. ....the music keeps playing regardless of history, in an order determined by serendipity and the whims of your head and heart.

"And if someone tries to sell you a program that tells you which songs are worth listening to and what order to play 'em in, don't buy it. Only the map you draw for yourself can possibly bring you home."

I love that passge. That says it all.