Not so much switched positions, more a case of being "out of time" (or "out of tune" or "out of step").
My formative years musically were late 50s through to the mid 70s, then punk hit and I found myself sounding like my dad. But people are talking as if there's something wrong with that. I am who I am and am very comfortable with that.
The same goes for humour. I grew up with the comedy primarily of the 60s (Morecambe and Wise, Hancock, Python, Marty Feldman, etc) and subsequently absorbed and recognised the genius of the Goon Show, so that was the 50s. The last "new" comedy I really went for was "Father Ted". As far as "Little Britain", "The Office", etc are concerned, I just don't get it. But what's wrong with that? Incdientally, I have been thoroughly enjoying watching the superb "Curse of Comedy" series on BBC4 TV watching programmes such as "It's Marty" and "The Frost Report" and thoroughly enjoying them and realising just why I loved them so mushc at the time.
I now realise we are "of an age" or "an era" and feel most comfortable with music and comedy, etc of that period. Sure, when I was a kid I said "I won't be like my father" or whatever, now I realise all I wanted was something that was "mine" and "of my era". When I was a kid the "oldies" had their music radio, we didn't in any real way until Ronan's crew came along in Easter 64. When you're 15, you don't have much of a past to go back to, so "my music" really started when Elvis first hit.
Just as kids have the right not to like what their parents like, so parents have the right not to like what their kids like. What p*sses me off is someone saying I have switched positions or trying to make me feel guilty about something I don't like. I've heard the odd bit of "new" music that's enthralled me, the most recent example being Duffy's "Mercy" which is an awesome piece of music, but a lot of it doesn't connect with me, after all it's sung/played by artists 30-40 years younger than me and is aimed at that market. They have their music and I have mine.
So, I'll unashamedly say I'm selfish. If others have music and radio and comedy that cranks their handle, then good luck to them - all I want is music and radio and comedy that connects with me! As far as Ross and Evans are concerned (and their followers, presumably), they think they're funny and amusing, I don't - it's as simple as that.
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