[Stu]

Originally Posted by James

1970s for me, when Pink Floyd were at their peak. :P

Music has become, over the years, more-and-more about image, as opposed to what you actually hear. It's always been a balance in the industry but I think the turning point was when bands and acts starting putting out videos, that was mid-70s. Then in the 80s you had the start of MTV and the like, then in the 90s the manufactured boybands and girlbands, then reality TV shows in the 2000s. So an on-going thing.

Aren't you just totally ignoring the evolution of music? Sure plenty of it is image based but more people are making music right now than at any other period in history. You just have to go and look for it. What about the advances in technology? The advent of new genres and subgenres? There's been a huge amount happen from the 80's on.

And like BB_Eye said, the poo always existed. People just forget it because only the good acts really get remembered, so people have a rose tinted view of the past.

Right now it's pants I'll grant you because a lot of the music that was interesting for the past twenty years has peaked or gone out altogether and whereas before it was replaced, say from hair rock to grunge, now all that's come in is the reality stuff.