I'm always suspicious of "good ol' days" nostalgia, especially when it's my own, but I think they key thing was that crappy 80s pop is much better than crappy 00's pop.
You'd see creativity, whimsy, unusual, fun stuff Much more variety. . Top 40 now is nothing but vapid "R & B" ballads. Back then Thomas Dolby could crack the top 40 with "She Blinded Me With Science" etc.
Never one of my favorites and yet, thanks to you, it's now spinning round and round in my head. Poetry in motion and all that. Thanks.
"She Blinded Me With Science" etc.
Man, you would have to mention one of the crappiest songs...