You forgot about when they were under the bleachers and the marching
band is playing "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago and Ken wonders how Nick
even KNEW what the song was and Nick said it was a good song. Also
when they were in the car in the car crash episode and Ken wants the
Joe Jackson song turned off the radio because it's "new wave crap"
and Nick says how the bass player is incredible.

--- In mckinleyhigh@yahoogroups.com, Wood Alexander <manchwoods@...>
wrote:
>
> One thing I really like about Nick is that he mostly
> doesn't do musical snobbery. I say "mostly" because he
> does comment that "disco sucks" in the pilot episode.
> But when Millie starts singing "Jesus is Just All
> Right" at the keg party, he's the one who joins in.
> When Mr. Rosso takes out his guitar and sings an Alice
> Cooper song during a counseling session, most of the
> other freaks come out rolling their eyes and talking
> about how awful it was, but Nick is smiling and
> talking about how great it was. Later on, he dances to
> jazz with Lindsay's parents.
>
> That's why I think it's believeable that he follows
> his new girlfriend into disco in the final episode.
> But more importantly, his openness about music is a
> key part of why I find Nick such a likeable character,
> even though he's a kind of goofy guy who smokes too
> much pot and gets way too intense about his
> relationships with girls.
>
> I hope this post makes it. My last one seems to have
> disappeared into electronic lala land.
>