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Songs We Used to Sing (And Still Do): In Defense of Pop Music from the '70s

Songs We Used to Sing (And Still Do): In Defense of Pop Music from the '70s Click on just about any YouTube video of a pop, R&B, or country hit released in the previous century, and you're almost certain to come across multiple comments extolling the superiority of music from back in the day, and damning today's shallow, mindless pop pap. Is vacuous pop music killing the industry? It depends on how you look at it and what you like. To the millions of people who've embraced and downloaded Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," probably not. I mean, how can a song that's sold 4.3 million copies be accused [...]