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Originally Posted by Dave.r2009
What ever happened to the era that would come into music every couple of years or so.
in the 60's we had the british invasion, psychedelical rock era
in the 70's we had the hard rock, glam rock, progressive,punk era's
in the 80's the new wave and hair band era's
in the 90's the grunge and britpop era.
this whole decade has been a decade of nothing, all the good bands have been pushed underground the same bands that would have been relvent in the 60's or 70's, while few have been able to remain commercial and be original. Record companies are in panic mode now, cd sales are decreasing every year and this is why they don't push talented artists like they do for there commercial crap.
Music will never be the same again and it sickens me.
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Crap has always sold well and probably always will. Here's the best-selling albums in the US for each year of 1960s for example:
1960: The Sound of Music, Original Cast Recording.
1961: Camelot, Original Cast Recording.
1962: West Side Story Soundtrack.
1963: West Side Story Soundtrack.
1964: Hello, Dolly!, Original Cast Recording.
1965: Mary Poppins Soundtrack.
1966: Whipped Cream & Other Delights, by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
1967: More of The Monkees, by The Monkees.
1968: Are You Experienced?, by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
1969: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly.
Note that 8 out of 10 of these are utter garbage.