<p> TL;DR: You kids get off my lawn!</p> <p> From 1981-1986, I was a devoted listener of Casey Kasem&#39;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Top_40"><em>American Top 40</em></a>. We were living in (West) Germany at the time, and that broadcast on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Forces_Network">AFN</a> was a primary means of keeping in touch with music back in the &#39;States–though MTV was rising to power back home, we didn&#39;t have it there, and besides, the alternative was hearing <em>99 Luftballons</em> <strong>again</strong> (remember, Nena was German, and (rare for a Continental act) had a hit in the US. It was inescapable, and to this day that song still makes me cringe).</p>