Do you think music is merit based or more dependent on the time it's produced?

Padawanbater2

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For example, do you think if Michael Jacksons song Thriller were released in the 60's instead of the 80's, would it have been such a success? Smells Like Teen Spirit in the 70's? What about Back in Black in the 2000's?
 
good music is good music.. there is a reason Disco is not played much anymore.. and it's not due to the 70's being 40+ years ago..
 
jackson wouldn't have been popular in the sixties. thriller probably would have been banned. can you imagine lady gaga back then? some styles are pretty timeless. there will always be michael bubles and pavarottis. but hopefully boy bands will die a terrible death and we'll all look back and say, "what were we thinking"
 
pop through out history has crossed over where it shouldn't. the music was the way it was. as for the 70's music, its the reason why things have been so screwed in music for so long. you can't just buy a guitar and enjoy playing..no the man at the store " when you get famous don't forget where you came from" can't walk around town in work clothes on the way to the dry cleaner( with long ass hair) and get respect without some teenage hippy/druggy thinking "o rad man" " we got this shit going down where we do nothing and get no jobs,but we got weed, wanna come?" like fucking what bro. this music thing of the 70's should have been burned in the time of witches. people just went stupid. if the 80's where today yes it still works. it never went out. we are still repeating the same styles since the 70's and 60's. bands trying to be the beatles, or dylan, or some stupid shit. the music scene has been repeated every decade. it will always be popular because it happened.
 
Certainly dependent on the time IMO... certain songs that were smash hits would have been complete flops in different eras
 
Music is and always will be one....of those things in life we just wont quit,....With an equal opportunity for all to sing, dance and clap your hands....But just because a record has a groove...don`t mean it`s in the groove,....and you can tell right away letter "A" when the people start to move !i

Stevie Wonder
 
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