Can’t stand his one hit wonder, but he is right
1960’s: An incredible amount of great stuff
1970’s: The Greatest Music decade in the history of mankind
1980’s: An incredible amount of great stuff
1990’s: Some great stuff
2000’s: A catchy tune here or there
2010’s: Crap, and nothing but more crap
Nothing ever beat the 1780’s
Its all been downhill from then.
I’m with you through the 1970s.
After Men at Work did “Land Down Under” I completely lost track of popular music. It means nothing to me.
Today, I’m pretty much all classical, although I occasionally dip into the stuff my parents were listening to when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s ... Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Al Martino, etc.
that about sums it up
Be sure that your time line here in your post is just referring to “rock/pop” and not to any of the greater genres of music.
Be sure that your time line here in your post is just referring to “rock/pop” and not to any of the greater genres of music.
Be sure that your time line here in your post is just referring to “rock/pop” and not to any of the greater genres of music.
I mostly agree with your assessment as far as quality of records that were produced... Though I think the 60’s was every bit as good as the 70’s, if not even better.... But if you’re just talking about song writing and not record production, then the 30’s and 40’s were arguably the two best decades of all..... In the 1950s, when record production started to get better, Frank Sinatra, and other singers like Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, etc were promoted as singing stars after the decline of the big bands, and most of the songs they recorded in the 50’s were written in the 30’s and 40’s for Broadway musicals..... All the great rock and roll artists of the 60’s and 70’s grew up on that stuff, and that’s why they knew how to write a good song