Reminiscence bump

New experiences don't fall on a blank slate; we don't merely record the things we see around us 'as they are' (if such a thing exists). Everything we do, have done to us, think or experience, is affected by past thoughts and things that have already happened to us. As a result we can't help but put our own personal spin on our memories. It's this 'spin' that is the sixth of Daniel L. Schacter's seven sins of memory: bias (Schacter, 1999).

Ace Of Base Babylon - Shitmat
Tom Verlaine - The Family Cat
The Boat That I Row - Lulu
Lemonsweet 2 - Bagarre

One of the most fascinating biases acting on our memories is the consistency bias. This is the finding, not dissimilar to cognitive dissonance, that we will often reconstruct the past to make it more compatible with our current worldview. Studies have shown the bias operating in both our personal relationships and our political attitudes.

Dutch Courage - Rapeman
Wrap Your Legs (Around Your Head) - Allez Allez
Theme From The Deep (Instrumental) - John Barry

so people weren't that good