Yeah let’s go back to the 60’s and 70’s when absolute masterpieces like Yummy Yummy Yummy were topping the charts.
Again, looking back in a vacuum and completely ignoring good music of today.
And btw, just why hasn't 1910 Fruitgum Company been inducted into the R&R HOF? "Goody Goody Gumdrops" should get them in all by itself.
I recall the people in the sweet spot for the 80's remarking about that will never match the 70's and the same thing happened in the 90's. Can't compare "The Awakening of Music" in the 60's and 70's with what has followed. The Top 40 radio format was founded in the 60's, the Album Rock in the 70's which would morph into Classic Rock as rock splintered off into Active Rock and Alternative Rock. Rap was born and the sweet soul music of the 60's and 70's dissipated and that morphed into Hip Hop. Country splinters into standards and New Country and in this area Red Dirt as well.
In the 90's, when Grunge became the thing, I gave it a quick listen and said "nah, out of here" and some 20 years later actually listened to it and was disappointed that I had turned my back on it as well as the 80's electronic movement and weird hairdos that I love today. I didn't want anyone screwing with my rock music but didn't stop to consider where the artists and composers of the 60's and 70's had already taken it and opened the door for those who followed.
Like I said, there is some great music out there and some artists really pushing the boundaries and not being record label bound by some A&R person interested in units. What do you think Sturgill Simpson's label thought about the 2017 Country Artist of the Year's latest, "Sound and Fury"?
The music is there and there's more of it than ever because the record labels don't control them anymore, they don't tell them what we'd like. The artists leave it up to us to find them and what was once considered the copout in acoustic music, electronics, is now considered an art form unto itself. They have the music in them too. Just need to find a way to get that out.
If anyone thinks today's music sucks or is not as good as what used to be, stop being spoon fed and feed yourself. There is so much that you can't possibly get full.
