Song, You, Old

If you have lived so long that you remember when “Tom’s Diner” came out — if you are ancient enough even to remember, say, your grandmother getting upset when William Holden died — reading that the song “is over 30 years old” is not going to come as a shock, exactly, but it’s not going to make you real happy either. If you are younger than that, good for you. You’ve got your whole life ahead of you. Can I recommend some ancient history that might teach you about a world long since vanished?