I think people don't know or forget perhaps that the music industry was commercialized back some 50 years ago, just as it is now if not worse. Stars were hand picked, coached, written songs for and produced just like they are now. As far as I know, it wasn't really until the 60s and the 70s that people could form bands and have the freedom to make "non-commercial" music and still have the possibility of getting a record deal (ex. krautrock or Canterbury bands).
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