The world in 1975 (2007)

Re:The world in 1975 (2007) by ArkyBeagle on Sunday January 17, 2016 @05:39PM (#10921445)

So compare it to present-day Top 40 radio. There is no contest.

There really was a great variety of good music. Check the Top 100 lists through the decade. There was a lot of utter dreck as well. Even that might have been at least somewhat interesting.

Punk wasn't exactly evenly distributed. The only reason I knew about it then at all was from people writing about it, which made it appear to be an artifact of journalism.

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Re:The world in 1975 (2007) by stevefolta on Sunday January 17, 2016 @06:22PM (#10921578)

Also, in 1975, punk was just getting started, and it wasn't yet clear that radio was not gonna play the Ramones.

I remember hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the radio for the first time, and thinking they'd never play it again, 'cause it was just too weird.

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