“Ah...those were the days.”
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They certainly were,and in retrospect they were positively innocent.
Much of what passes for music today is vulgar garbage-——and life,in general,has become much darker.
Sad !
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The kids of those days thought anything might be possible. The creative output of musicans during that period, those that made it and those that didn’t cvan not be measured. There was strife, war and riots, but through it all, there was hope.
I used to go to a website that had albums by unknown, mostly regional bands, like FOOD from the Chicago area. There were hundreds if not thousands of others. Unfortuantely google caught up with the blogger and shut him down. I did download several of those albums that really haven’t seen the light of day since they were released. Everyone was trying to make it...
Some music today is vulgar. Mostly the whole “rap” category. However, some of it isn’t bad. There are a few rap artists that don’t spout garbage.
A lot of the indie scene music is really good. Take a look at “Built to Spill” for example. There’s tons of great mainstream music out there. But for some reason the pop categories seem to dominate in the media. But there’s tons and tons of great music out there.