Yeah. We were pampered in the 60s and 70s. Back before the labels figured out the “code” on how to make a hit. Before they understood rock and roll enough to keep the gate, and they would just publish stuff and push stuff to the radio and we’d get Yes, and Bowie and all kinds of not really mainstream music on the mainstream because they didn’t know any better. Then in the 80s they found the code and shut the door. “Woh, is that adventurous? Outside the norm? Something we don’t know for sure will be a hit? Forget it then, no radio for you.” But it all still exists, probably more so than ever before because there are so many ways to publish and distribute that the gatekeepers don’t even know exist, much less how to control.
LOL! Some of the bands from “back then” wouldn’t get signed today. 😂👍🎤🔊