But not this last one. The last ten years of "Pop" has seen the most un-listenable, gimmicky crap every composed. It's Broadway tunes-meets-Vegas; Been like eating at McDonalds every single day.
In my subjective opinion, the only area that's improved - and substantially - has been contemporary Country - yes, Country. It's at least attempting to recoups Rock's original cues, riffs, and trademarks.
Look - 95% of all Rock basics from the 1950s till now are nothing but simple three chords. It's why everything seems "derivative." But in any case it's what naturally sounds most pleasing to most ears.
Everything else are that core three-chord is just variations, embellishments.
The 70s version and 80s version didn’t get on radio/tv in their day either.
Radio is a joke. ABC-Time-Warner-Disney-Sony-Viacom is a major monopoly that should have been broken up 20 years ago.
Turn off the dial. The public has. It’s like going to the alphabet networks expecting to see real news coverage and not DNC talking points.