# Real music died in the 1970s

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 13, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-music-died-in-the-1970s/944199 "2021-06-13T23:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-music-died-in-the-1970s/944199/349 "2021-06-22T14:29:32Z")

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The only early 80s stuff I like were bands from the 60/70s, but yeah, it pretty much died after 1979… I think Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” was the last great album. I still listen to Pink Floyd, The Doors, Supertramp (Breakfast In America was another great from 1979), Led Zeppelin, The Who, Steely Dan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, ELO, Black Sabbath, America, Curved Air, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac (especially Green/Kirwan lineup), Illusion, Neil Young, Nino Ferrer, Catherine Howe, etc.

P.S. - I was born in the 80s - it has nothing to do with nostalgia, but great songs/albums, engineering/production, originality, etc…

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