Reply #40: All that is true... But EVERYTHING costs more now...

[wyldwolf]

... and money always played a huge role. More so now, but then, a gallon of milk costs more now, too.

Just as there were people at the time who thought Elvis and the Beatles were fodder, so it is now with today's music. And my children will grow up to deride the music my grandchildren listen to as inferior to the music of the 90s and early 21st century.

I believe we all work on the assumption that our opinions are factual when they are not.

Elvis and the Beatles - before they got huge - were told how to breathe by the record companies and promoters.

There a many who think Elvis and the Beatles suck royally.

But look back in the last 40 years and you can probably count the artists with staying power on one hand.

So it has been in the past 20 years.

Given time and "permission" - most artists can grow and enhance their talent.