Quote Originally Posted by Levian
Well, I wasn't talking that far back. All you needed back then was money and the right contacts, and people would still listen to it because they had very few other options. Years later they got some company in the music industry and talent became more relevant.
When is this time when talent was relevant?

The bands which we see as classics now weren't always extremely
popular. It often happens that there are some very popular songs which
are very bad, and which fade from the public's eye (and/or ear) after a
little while. Then the songs which actually were good, regardless if they
actually got popular or not, are looked back on and seen as classics.

The greatest time for music in the 20th century, in my opinion, would be
between 1965 and 1975 with the peak around 69-72 (with the 30s at a
close second of course), but even in this time persiod, the charts show
tons and tons of horrible songs at the top.

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