I love all new music, so I cannot relate to this at all (pause for laughter). This is an interesting subject for a lyric, well written as usual. Lots of good vocal and instrumental hooks as usual, sampling is fairly subtle but sounds really good. Vocals seem back to your usual high standard after being a bit rushed last round, no complaints here really.

Possibly because your sonic palette is what it is, the samples sound very in place an unobtrusive to me in your song; by which I mean, seamless fit. I think the song is great; I'm a sucker for Pink Floyd references after all, and the Sting too, why not. I sort of wish there was a little more exploration of what this all means to you--the fear of irrelevance, the irony of getting pop culturally old happening to you, etc. I mean not necessarily these, I don't know how you actually feel about it, but just brainstorming potential directions. Like there's maybe another level of meaning to get to here. Anyway, I love the way you phrase lyrics, bottoms up.

I'm afraid I've gotta be strict with this. I think the song is very nice, but aside from some glitchy minimal percussion somewhere underneath the layers of synths and beats, it feels like you've almost completely sacked off the challenge. This was a challenge where I was very much looking forward to hearing how people would attempt it, and as someone with a pretty keen grasp on sampling and sequencing I had my money on you to smash it, so, while I do like the song as I said, I feel a bit let down. Are the samples integral? Absolutely not. They're barely audible except for the intro. I do like your take on the title, and you are correct in that the kids are absolutely wrong about what constitutes good music, and they have been since about 2001.

Bagpipes are pretty explicitly a musical instrument, though maybe not to everyone's taste. Still, you've got enough samples of gin and tonic to meet the challenge. I find the sample of the tonic bottle opening to be particularly satisfying. The scansion on "uncomfortably numb" is a bit odd.

I feel like the samples, while great, aren't truly integral to the song. I love that shimmery synth patch for the chords in the verse and the Seymour Skinner reference is excellent. For me, this is a good song but not as good as your earlier entries. It's a little like you're on autopilot writing this one. I think it would be a B side (if they were still a thing). But I do always love how every LB song is underpinned by a general air of melancholy or ennui though.