Is top 40 music in general better or worse than it was 20 years ago?

Question

20 years ago 1987, how about 40 years ago 1967?

Answer 1

40 years ago, the music couldn't be beat.

You had the Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, and the Stones. The was when rock and roll ruled.

1967
1. I'M A BELIEVER
2. The Letter
3. I Think We're Alone Now
4. To Sir With love
5. Happy Together
6. Windy
7. Ode To Billie Joe
8. Little Bit Of Soul
9. Groovin'
10. Respect
11. Georgy Girl
12. Light My Fire
13. Snoopy's Christmas
14. Kind Of A Drag
15. Never My Love
16. Incense And Peppermint
17. Daydream Believer
18. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
19. Something Stupid
20. Penny Lane
21. The Happening
22. I Was Made To Love Her
23. Come Back When You Grow Up
24. Let It Out
25. Blues Theme
26. The Rain, Park & Other Things
27. I Wanna Testify
28. San Francisco
29. Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be)
30. Expressway To Tour Heart
31. The Beat Goes On
32. Dedicated To The One You Love
33. The You Can Tell Me Goodbye
34. Reflections
35. Sweet Soul Music
36. Western Union
37. Pleasant Valley Sunday / Words
38. This Is My Song
39. Ruby Tuesday
40. Get On Up THE MONKEES

Answer 2

I definitely preferred the 80s top hits than the stuff now...

1. Walk Like An Egyptian, Bangles
2. Alone, Heart
3. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott
4. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship
6. C'est La Vie, Robbie Nevil
7. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
8. The Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
9. Shakedown, Bob Seger
10. Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi
11. La Bamba, Los Lobos
12. Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung
13. Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House
14. Always, Atlantic Starr
15. With Or Without You, U2
16. Looking For A New Love, Jody Watley
17. Head To Toe, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
18. I Think We're Alone Now, Tiffany
19. Mony Mony, Billy Idol
20. At This Moment, Billy Vera and The Beaters
21. Lady In Red, Chris De Burgh
22. Didn't We Almost Have It All, Whitney Houston
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
24. I Want Your Sex, George Michael
25. Notorious, Duran Duran
26. Only In My Dreams, Debbie Gibson
27. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
28. The Next Time I Fall, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
29. Lean On Me, Club Nouveau
30. Open Your Heart, Madonna
31. Lost In Emotion, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Cutting Crew
33. Heart And Soul, T'pau
34. You Keep Me Hangin' On, Kim Wilde
35. Keep Your Hands To Yourself, Georgia Satellites
36. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), Aretha Franklin and George Michael
37. Control, Janet Jackson
38. Somewhere Out There, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
39. U Got The Look, Prince
40. Land Of Confusion, Genesis
41. Jacob's Ladder, Huey Lewis and The News
42. Who's That Girl, Madonna
43. You Got It All, Jets
44. Touch Me (I Want Your Body), Samantha Fox
45. I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
46. Causing A Commotion, Madonna
47. In Too Deep, Genesis
48. Let's Wait Awhile, Janet Jackson
49. Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News
50. Will You Still Love Me?, Chicago

Answer 3

I was around in 1967 and 1987. The top 40 music of today is probably the dullest, most cretinous junk ever put out by record companies, ever. There was bad music in the 60s, 70s, 80's, and 90s, but the wretchedness of the top 40 now is really beyond belief.

Answer 4

I was born in '84 so I'm not too knowledgeable on the music from the 80's and 60's. I'm not to fond of today's music(only Rap artist I listen to is Eminem and the only two American bands/musicians I listen to are Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails). So I'm going to have to say worse.

Answer 5

well music has evolved a lot since the 80's and even more from the 60's. there is more variety in music than how it was in 67 so in that aspect its better. the rock music was better in 87 than now but in the genre of rap i would have to say its a lot better now.

Answer 6

i think of the music 2 many years in the past replaced right into a lot greater effectual. drugs, intercourse and partying weren't sung approximately as frequently. The music 2 many years in the past...or perhaps longer than that frequently had greater which potential to them than the songs sung immediately. it rather is in basic terms my opinion nevertheless. Songs sung back then weren't constantly so friendly yet ya know.

Answer 7

worse- these days all record companies care about is money. quantity as opposed to quality is all the range these days, unfortunately. almost all the retro songs have a timeless feel to them, shame the same cannot be said about the decade of the 00s. as pop has definitely gone downhill

Answer 8

'80s top 40 was horrible with the stupid syntheziser and all that fake makeup phoney crap. Music today is a milliontimes better. But not as good as the '90s.

Answer 9

I'd say it's worse than it was 20 years ago.

Answer 10

It's way worse. Most of today's music makes my ears want to start bleeding.