Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

I'm talking about what songs from what era are remembered today. I can only do that about the area I'm familiar with which is the UK mainstream.

Doesn't make it any less valid though. I don't see anybody saying that this 'decline in good music' is happening on a national level to specific countries.

Maybe you should look into one specific region in the 60s and then the same place again at a later date & see how many songs you recognise as still being culturally relevant.