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the top 100 is more varied today than it was at any point in history.
by oldtownroad 3y ago
the top 100 is more varied today than it was at any point in history.
- coldtea 3y agoLOL, this is not even wrong. https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/ Compare to the musical and tonal variety of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_sin... Also: https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/science-music-idUSL6E8IOE3320120726/ https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/science-music-idU...
- oldtownroad 3y agoThe music of today is built on the music of yesterday and so on and so forth. The top 100 of 1970 has very little variety when compared to the top 100 of 2023. There’s 5 decades of genres that have developed since 1970. Electronic music hadn’t even entered the mainstream! Go and listen to the top 100 of 1970 and then the top 100 of 2023. You can argue that music in the 1970s was better / unique / less repetitive but to say it was more varied is demonstrably false.
- coldtea 3y ago>There’s 5 decades of genres that have developed since 1970 Which is neither here, nor there, because those "5 decades of genres" are not represented in the current top 100 for the most part. Formulaic, cookie cutter, 2024 songwriting and production is.