Was rock and roll music better in the late 60s and early 70s than the rock and roll today?

Answer 1

Don't get me wrong--there's a lot of great stuff coming out today...but you have to keep in mind that radio/TV exposure is controlled by a handful of companies, and it isn't the love of music that drives them.

Even though the 70's really sucked artistically at times, what has disappeared from radio is DJ's playing whatever tracks they felt like playing. And when a new album was going to be released, FM radio would get it first. For days, the DJ's would announce what date and time they would play it without interruption [except to turn the record over between sides] so you could tape it.

Back in the day, the less commercial FM stations would add tracks to the rotation that weren't the "official" singles released by the record company. This kind of exposure made artists work a whole lot harder on creating a whole album of pretty good music, and not a couple of hits with the rest being filler crap.

Services like iTunes do help the consumer pick only the best that they want to own--but it doesn't motivate bands to improve the quality of entire CD's.

This doesn't mean that some artists aren't producing great work--they are. But it's been a long time since the love of playing and writing music was more important than the money.

Answer 2

Oh yeah. Back then it was raw, energetic, and carried a message. A lot of statements were made through rock music in those days and a lot of thought went into each cut as far as the music was concerned.
Today it seems that it's all about making a fast buck and it's reflected in the lyrics and musicianship. For the most part todays lyrics are pretty bad and the musical prowess of the players is barely functional.
That's not to say there isn't some great groups out there today because there is! But they're overshadowed by all the crap.

Answer 3

Of course, there was no MTV.

Back in the 60's and 70's friends became bands, and they were motivated by the counter culture of rock. That's when rock had a purpose.

Today, the "bands" are pieced together by music Moguls. Appeal is the motivation for the music money makers. Even the "musicians" don't really care about creating great music. They just want to be stars. So, today we have crap, the lowest common denominator.

Answer 4

I think so. In the 60's us baby boomers were revolutionizing
the rock and roll era. That's why the songs are so great.
We weren't hung up on smut to get a message across.
Most of the songs didn't have swear words and were good clean
meaningful songs. Our love songs came from the heart and
the words were easy to understand.

Answer 5

YES!!! That is real Rock n Roll. I don't think to much of today's music can be called Rock. Who will bring the Rock back?.......anyone???

Answer 6

Compared to the '60s and '70s, today's "rock" music is primordial screaming with bass and drums.

Answer 7

Ond school rock and roll was much more epic and lasting than most of the new stuff out these days, that is a given!

Answer 8

Of course it was better because they made real music instead of a bunch of noise. So called music today is just a bunch of rhythm and bits of music clipped in here and there. There's no real melody. Music should have a melody and be sung, not rapped or clipped together.

Answer 9

I think it was. Back then it was true rock. Now days everyone just wants to make a buck and produce a lot of shitty bands.

Answer 10

That's like comparing apples to oranges. The styles have changed, so the music is totally different. It just depends on what your taste in music is.