Noticed elsewhere: We are just as far away from the release (in 1993) of Dazed and Confused now, in 2010, than the film was from its time period (spring 1976). It’s 17 years both ways.

Ouch. Weirdly, this also means that the period music from the film was as far removed from us as the early 90s music is to us now, which seems really strange. “Slow Ride” seems farther from the Gin Blossoms or Counting Crows than those bands do from Train or #random_2000s_pop now, though (upon reflection) it’s clear that urban, R&B, and hip-hop inflected/influenced acts have a bigger piece of the Hot 100 than they did 17 years ago.