Dark & Twisty

What makes a classic? That question gets asked everytime AMC or TCM gets turned on.  But what does make a classic?  Is it that people always think about that certain thing as the epitome or prototype of the institution that is supposed to be classic?

When talk about old cars, the machine must be 25 years old to get classic status.  That's great, that means that a 1984 Buick Skylark is a classic automobile, but you don't see many of those sitting around at carshows.  Everyday I drive to and from work I get to see another great "classic" car, a lime green AMC pacer.  Now that's classic.

With the 25 year earmark, New Coke would be a classic, but what would that make Coca-Cola Classic?   What about classic albums that came out on vinyl?  Do we have to enjoy them on that antiquated mode of communication?

Does quality have anything to do with the making of a classic?  Obiviously with Coca-Cola it does.  New Coke (now old coke or if you will classic new coke) didn't have the same Coke quality.  It was fine for Pepsi quality.  Does the vinyl make an album classic?  Of course not, think of all the crap on vinyl.  What about television?  Why is it that something like Family Matters is classic but Small Wonder is forgotten by all but a few.

Classics.  I want to be forgotten.  I don't want to be the instant classic.  If you are, you have nothing else to shoot for.  When you hit hte top, the only place to go is down.  Think about Coke and of course classic New Coke, the chose of a forgotten generation of classic stuff that ain't so classic.