I think the big reason people think that music from another time was better is because you only get to hear the good songs; they stopped playing the shitty ones long ago.
Based off the number of absolute bangers from that decade, I can only conclude that there were either more musicians or fewer bad songs.
Seriously: there are more legendary songs than months in that decade; And there are more songs which are merely incredible than there were weeks in the decade.
Maybe all that asbestos in the air caused better music.
Probably I just like rock-inspired sound from that era. Music shifts all the time and it’s just a matter of personal preference. It feels like rock splintered into fractile sub-genres which never quite hooked me in the same way.
Punk and metal had a lot of progress in later decades, but their wellspring feels like the 80s.
Don’t forget that the best music ever was the one that came out when I was in my late adolescence, everything since then went downhill fast.
Men At Work, Rick Springfield, REO Speedwagon… now that was REAL music!
“I was into Star Wars. You were into that Empire Strikes Back shit.”
I mean, the 80s were an objectively awesome time for music.
(I wasn’t alive yet)
I think the big reason people think that music from another time was better is because you only get to hear the good songs; they stopped playing the shitty ones long ago.
Based off the number of absolute bangers from that decade, I can only conclude that there were either more musicians or fewer bad songs.
Seriously: there are more legendary songs than months in that decade; And there are more songs which are merely incredible than there were weeks in the decade.
Maybe all that asbestos in the air caused better music.
Probably I just like rock-inspired sound from that era. Music shifts all the time and it’s just a matter of personal preference. It feels like rock splintered into fractile sub-genres which never quite hooked me in the same way.
Punk and metal had a lot of progress in later decades, but their wellspring feels like the 80s.
90s too. 00s were pretty good. Some real bangers in the 10s as well.