The problem is, times have changed. From invention of radio til a few year into the internet, people were glued to the radio and local stations and therefore when life events happened they remembered the tunes playing, and everyone was in the same boat, a collective experience, 10s of millions heard same tunes. Not happening anymore, they can stream only what they want when they want..now when life events happen its with streams of old tunes or just music they like, it’s not a collective experience anymore. Radios influence died on the masses, it’s over, there will never be a 60s-90’s/early 2000s again.
Yep. The issue is how music is presented. Its slapped on Youtube and you have to search for it, and most of it sucks (see our resident Count Vlad) The crap that gets noticed is all Simion Cowel image over substance make me a fast buck. In the 70’s there were original bands that came out of the woodworks that 50 years later still hold up. Rap and Autotune ruined music and will continue to.
Yep good points. Are there still top 40 radio stations?