Comments by "R" (@rdrrr) on "What Makes This Song Great? \"Angie\" THE ROLLING STONES" video.

@timdoherty101 We're both going to be victims of selection bias here and I suspect I'm younger than you so "my era" comes after yours. From my perspective there was a lot of dross in the 60s and 70s. The first half of the 60s was full of dumb novelty hits and the first half of the 70s was full of awful, cheesy easy listening stuff like The Carpenters. I'm no fan of grandiose prog rock either. The latter half of the 60s and 70s is where the magic happened. Opposite applies to the 80s and 90s - the earlier half of those decades showed a surfeit of musical creativity that went stale towards the end of the decade.
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@timdoherty101 Nah, you gotta show some love to the fantastic indie acts of the 80s/early 90s at least! The Replacements, REM, The Dream Syndicate, Jane's Addiction, Swervedriver, The Cranberries... whatever you were into, there was something wonderful out there.
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