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After having checked out a pretty good amount of recent stuff (~10 y.o. or less) over the past 1+ year, I think I'm coming to the conclusion that -- at least the recent stuff *I* like -- is probably about as good as the stuff I like from the 80's, and maybe even a little better. However, the 60's and 70's are still better than both IMO, though there are a handful of recent bands that give them a run for their money. As for the 90's, at least for me they are a big black hole.

Having said that, Gene Simmons, in talking about Tame Impala recently, remarked on something I think is very true: If Tame Impala had come around in 1970, they would be a huge band and practically a household name (just paraphrasing him). But having come on the scene in 2010, they've come into an age where musical tastes of the masses are pretty different than they were back then, and as a result, while they're popular within a certain crowd, they still aren't remotely close to anything like a household name.

I think that's probably true for a lot of other current bands and artists, too. And the converse of that is, a lot of bands and artists that are really popular now would probably never have been popular in 1970.

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