According to the music sales data company MRC, “old songs” now represent an astonishing 70% of the U.S. market. It’s even more noteworthy on streaming platforms where the 200 most popular tracks now account for less than 5% of total streams.
The current list of most downloaded tracks on iTunes is filled with the names of bands from the last century like The Police and Credence Clearwater Revival, according to author and musician Ted Gioia.
More is going on here than a mere preference for musicianship, a decent melody and lyrics that at least try to make sense over the badly rhymed & Autotuned output of today’s dubious “talent.”
I suggest it is the rejection of the culture the elite seeks to impose on us.
