[ConservativeInPA]

Actually much of the good stuff from the mid 50’s to mid 70’s wouldn’t fit at all.

It’s really a shame. I sort of stopped listening to any new music in the late 80’s/early 90’s and stuck with stuff that I grew up with. But recently, I have been searching for new music with an understanding that I won’t find an exact replica of my old listening tastes. I’ve run into a few artists that are incredibly talented, but they certainly are not well known. If they were around in the 70’s they could have played at the same concerts that I went to as a kid, when groups would regularly draw crowds that exceeded 100k at JFK stadium in Philadelphia. Today they would be lucky to fill a large theater. The bottom line is there’s still great talent, but the music business has zero interest in you listening to great talent.

[Alberta's Child]

Sounds like Bob Seger’s story. He was very much a regional star until the mid-70s. He packed 80,000 fans into the Pontiac Silverdome one night, but couldn’t draw flies in California.

I think that all changed when the album “Live Bullet” — recorded over two live shows in Detroit — was released. It effectively made his stage performance a national act, and suddenly everyone wanted to see him in concert.

[dfwgator]

It’s why people still listen to Beethoven and Bach, Mozart, etc.

I’m sure there are great new symphonies being created, but people want to listen to the classics.