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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel
Yeah but that has absolutely nothing to do with the argument. The issue is over quality of music, which has nothing to do with availability.
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The term "generic was brought up and since most of the artists I mentioned were revolutionizing the whole music industry I took the term to mean "mainstream".
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Now if we were discussing the quality of mainstream music, then I would agree, the sixties were far superior.
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This is a given.
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Although we have to keep in mind, what gets played on the radio from the sixties now is very different from what was played back then. Jimi Hendrix, for example, wasn't all that popular back then compared to what he's grown to today.
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Hendrix was very popular in the 60. Maybe not with the 12 year olds that went to see the Monkees play but he was a force in the 60's. Yes his popularity skyrocketed after Woodstock and his death but he was known. He was even played on AM radio.
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And bands that may seem somewhat mainstream now, or at least very close to the surface of the underground, like The Velvet Underground, were very unpopular at the time.
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VGPS by the Kinks didn't even chart and it's considered one of the best albums of the 60's. Likewise with Monks - Black Monk Time. We all know VU couldn't sell a record to their own mothers. There is a lot more great music out there from the 60's that even 99% of the people here haven't dicovered.
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In conclusion, timeframes are moot. Every decade has its fair share of great music, and ****.
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I agree but I simply gave a preference and reasons to why. I know most here are not arguing with Poison, Duran Duran, Huey Lewis and Culture Club. I think most would agree that mainstream 80's sucked. What i'm saying is I heard a lot of these "alternative" "underground" "lesser known" artists and I do agree they are a lot better than the mainstream acts but I feel they don't hold a candle to the artists of the 60's.
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And in 50 years, on a forum just like this, ALL of our opinions will be obsolete, because fans of music from the 2030's will be arguing with people who thought the last good record ever made was "The Future" by the band ROBOTS, made in 2016.
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The Future is a good song by the Robots but I like their song "The 80's Sucked" better.
