Precisely. With the exceptions of people who really get into specific cultural phenomena like James Dean, Marilyn Monroe or Elvis, people want to relive the experiences of their own pasts.<p>A couple of years after my grandmother passed away, my grandfather started dating again and he didn&#x27;t realize that women who were decades his junior wouldn&#x27;t have the same cultural touchstones that he does.<p>One time, he was trying to woo a woman who is only about three years older than me and he was shocked and mystified that the music of his young adulthood was annoying to her.<p>I asked him &quot;Do you like listening to Benny Goodman and Count Basie? No. Well, that&#x27;s what YOUR music sounds like to HER.&quot;