The truth about why modern music is so awful.

I love poking fun at Beatles fans - sorry can't help it - I have a quite a few of their albums - and fully maintain they are seriously overrated - a bit like the Linn Sondek. It's due to growing up in the 80's and 90's when people answered when asked about who their favourite band was they would sanctimoniously say 'the Beatles' and only have 'Sgt peppers...' in their collection.
Anyway - I digress - it speaks for itself that we are debating the greatness of a band almost 60 years after their inception - I can't imagine people will argue over Robin Thicke, Ariane Grande and the rest of the current rubbish bunch.
I have to say thee chord/tone/ key change is interesting and unfair - there are many blues, jazz,  and country and western riffs that resonate in songs over the decades.
I think that rather oddly I think that the launch of the digital era was the starting point - First of all I'm not sure about you, but Digital rarely has the kind of 'Moreish' sound that keeps you listening - it always seems on edge. We then have the convenience of track skipping - and then streaming and bit by bit we keep narrowing our attention span like a drug addict needing a quick fix hence the homogenisation of pop music.

lohanimal mentioned “instant gratification”. Got me thinking this is the driving motivation of recorded music.   We can play what we want, where we want, when we want.  Over and over and over again. The time machine aspect is, well, miraculous.   No complaining here.

Most of the recordings today are better than those recorded 20 to 30 years ago.

@larry5729 what on earth. are you on about providing the master tape has not deteriorated old recording methods were much better than they are now