“At the time the song was written AM Top 40 radio was the dominant medium. The song with it’s signature riff was just made for AM Top 40. It grabbed your attention when coming through a car speaker or a “transistor radio” at the beach. Now it seems a bit tired, old and overplayed.”
Over the long pull of music history, most pieces fall into a short-medium time length, and the sound grabs and seeks to hold attention.
What strikes me is that between 1963-75 there was a very interesting variety to the musical sounds, etc. compared to these days.
On another site, a guy posted current groups he thought were worth noting.
I listened and they had a boring, sameness to them. Not only did several songs by a group sound very similar, but groups sound similar.
They just don’t make them, like they used to.
Agree - it was a great time for music. In some ways the 50s were as well - the 50s may not be my time but for those that lived through it - the music was quite powerful.
We could run down a long list of who and what is to blame - from (c)Rap, to iTunes, to electronic sound, to other factors - but I do agree with you.
Others I’m sure will disagree.