How could I have forgotten?

I'm not much of a music person--years of knowing too many audiophiles that trumped my knowledge and belittled my cheesy taste kept me from openly listening to my favorites except on the rare occassion that one came on the radio in a rented car. I just don't get music the way that other people do, though I do enjoy it, I feel inferior in my understanding of it. I've been told that my preference for stereo settings is beyond bizarre, but hey, I hear the way I hear it. I think I'm overly sensitive about it, that I want to understand music the way I do visual life, excell at it the way I do speed reading, etc...Music Appreciation is the only class I failed (not on purpose and not including P.E.). But I'd forgotten how much I enjoy a good, retro tune, something that brings back a memory (why is all memory of highschool age associated so strongly with music?). So, that said, OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS iPOD THINGY! It's a bit daunting though, it holds 500 songs. After Foreigner, that leaves something like 492 songs....