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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
The early to mid 1970s was the era of prog and it also dominated the charts as well, most avid music listeners of the time knew most of these bands as well. Music listeners were therefore fully exposed to long songs and most rock groups including metal bands usually experiemnted with them. It was only in the late 1970s and the arrival of punk etc that song length really brought short songs back into fashion.
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I always thought MTV had a lot to do with the shortening of songs. But I wasn't listening to music 35+ years ago, so your explanation probably is closer to the truth. I'm not 'debating' with a bunch of geezers, am I?
People tend to like what they grew up with.