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Originally Posted by elphenor
the 50s and 80s were arguably a lot more important by the metrics you're listing
the whole framework of rock/pop was set in the 50s and you're just not going to get as popular as Elvis and Chuck Berry
then we kinda just never left the 80s
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Well the Beatles or the Beach Boys were easily more popular in their time and more influential really (recording techniques/composition)
The framework might've been laid down, but it's not the framework that counts, it's the flesh and blood.
I think the statement about the 80s is not true. The world left the 80s long ago. Now even if you want to do kitsch, it has to be edgy and gritty. Back then you could do kitsch as an art form of it's own.