Probably memories. The fact that they're from the past means we can assign more certain value to them. It's harder to do with new music because its too immediate and too surrounded by current tastes and trends to stand out - usually anyway. I know some albums strike as an instant classic or whatever, which is oftentimes just as bullshit as blind worship of older styles.

Pop today 1 - 7 Pop yesterday

There is no way that the songs that are being produced today can stand up to what was offered from 1960 through 1970. Those ten years represent some of the best music ever made............

Agreed!

There's no way that all of the great music combined from the 60s and 70s stack up to the music of the past decade. With the modern ease in production value, an immensely greater number of artists are able to get their name out there to some degree. Now I'm referring to music on the whole, if we're restricting the argument to pop, I think I would agree. You just have to weed out the crap.

Exhibit A Who I Can See For Miles..........

Guess Who American Woman Live at the Paramount..........What band at the moment could play something as good as this live???????? Other then the Guess Who(lol)

My feeling is that after the '80s pop became controlled by soloists (including boy bands and girl bands) and not so much by bands, though the '90s had a few decent pop bands like the Gin Blossoms, The Rembrandts, Hootie+Blowfish and others. But since the '90s I don't think there has been much good pop music at all. I think the better music is found among the "indie bands".

I think '80s was the best decade for pop music, though I think where you had so many different bands aiming at the radio back then, music was going to lose something that it had in '70s with all the album oriented songs, the longer, heavier stuff.

The '60s was ok, but I really think a lot of that stuff seems pretty dated now. The British beat-pop, surf-pop or RnB pop. I do like some of the pop songs that came out of the late '60s psychedelia, like Arthur Brown's "Fire" which I believe was a #1 hit.

Well yes of course the music from the 60s seems dated because it is 50 years old! I really don't think the music from the 80s will still resonate the way the music from the 60s still does though..............

Elvis Lawdy Miss Clawdy perhaps one of the most stunning performances ever given by a rock star. In 1968 he actually was not sure his audience would still like him. Watch the performance and judge for yourself. Elvis 1968 comeback tour.