It could be there was a lack of variety in mainstream broadcasting, but that doesn't mean it was bad. Underground music scenes weren't necessarily about quality; a lot of is is about rebellion and self-expression. Being able to express certain ideas lyrically as well as musically.

The Top 40 crap then was better than today, simply because it used real musicians and vocalists. Music wasn't put together like Lego blocks by some computer geek working with a music workstation. Let's not even get started on pitch correction of vocalists, good grief!

I was just cycling home in the dark and deliberately went the wrong way into a one-way street. The "One Way Ticket" Eruption song came to mind, man. I haven't heard that in over 35 years probably. Completely forgot about it. I didn't even speak English; now I understand what it's about, listening to it on YT.