@StatisticUrban I bet you typed this sitting on your hour-long commute in a train next to a smelly bum while clutching your bag lest it be stolen. Also I hope it wasn’t raining on your 20 minute walk in the rain from the station.
@Prominent_Bryan Notwithstanding legal appearances, MLB is one company selling one product with 30 shareholding divisions. It is NOT socialism for fans to want a better product.
@nic_carter This only pushes the question back a level but UK bands were much earlier adopters of electric instruments and synthesized music (on average).
Has anyone ever convincingly explained why Britain was the absolute center of the rock universe in the 60s and 70s and still punched way above its weight in the 80s? The chokehold it had on music culture was just remarkable
60s and 70s:
The Beatles
The Stones
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Genesis
Yes
Queen
ELO
The Who
The Kinks
Black Sabbath
Supertramp
Eric Clapton
Moody Blues
King Crimson
David Bowie
80s:
The Smiths
New Order
The Cure
The Police
Duran Duran
Dire Straits
Tears for Fears
Iron Maiden
Joy Division
For a relatively small country going through post empire decline the cultural output was just remarkable