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Originally Posted by Architype
Interesting. I see the '70s as the maturation of rock, with the '50s being the infancy, and the '60s being the teenage or adolescent stage. There were lots of bands, especially British ones, which reached their peak in the '70s, like the Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, etc. The '70s is when rock became more serious and began to develop into more different rock genres. The '80s took a different turn, with electronic and new wave music like the Eurythmics becoming more popular. Thanks for the heads up on the Shoes. I'll check them out. Sorry for the off-topic diversion.  |
I can see your point, but that seriousness you mention is probably where my aversion to some '70s music stems. My bottom line when it comes to music is than it should be melodious, catchy, exciting, and enjoyable or moving to listen to. (With classical music, which I was exposed to thanks to my parents, I most like the Romantic period.) The '70s seems to me like a decade when that underpinning was largely thrown to the winds, in favour of heaviness and drudgery; long, tedious concept albums, prog-rock, and the like. Anti-music music, in many ways.
As for Shoes, check out "Now and Then", which I think is their best song, though it's harder than most of their material.
At any rate, I'm the one who sent this tottering off the rails. Back to Ugly Canadian stuff.
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