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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by sonnyblarney on Sunday February 10, 2019 @09:38PM (#19131655)
The other reason is that music has actually, fundamentally changed in so many ways - there are actually fewer hits for people to remember.

So many reasons. Pre 2000, music was tightly controlled, the bar was quite high, and though there was still crap, there was good stuff, and it was backed hard by the industry. Everyone knew what the 'top 10' was at the time and everyone was on the same page.

Now with so much diversity, it's hard for something to really break through.

There are countless other reasons as well we could go into, but we truly live in a different kind of era.

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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by nemothekid on Monday February 11, 2019 @12:22AM (#19132266)
What actually survived the 90s and what was actually considered hits in the 90s are actually really different. The Billboard #1 song in 1992 Boyz 2 Men - End of the Road which is less culturally relevant today than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (which came in at 32)

Take a look at Billboards Top 100 for the 80s and 90s and see how much you recognize. The bar wasn't very high at all.

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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by malvosenior on Monday February 11, 2019 @01:17PM (#19136703)
And Smells Like Teen Spirit is a lot less relevant today than it was even 10 years ago while lots of bands from the 70s and 80s seem to have an increasing relevance (c.f. people in this thread talking about kids listening to Steely Dan and Duran Duran).

It's been years since I've heard anyone listen to or talk about Nirvana, Pearl Jam...

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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by sonnyblarney on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:34AM (#19132870)
Boys 2 Men were a very talented acapela group and 'End of the Road' might very well be recognized today.
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