I’m quite the enthusiast of pop music history, with quite the boomer taste in music, so I was interested to hear some thoughts on what was in comrades’ opinions on when the best slop on the radio was.
For me it’s 1983, simply for its 80s-ness shifting to a higher gear and the incredible variety in music, similar only to the late 90s:
Yacht Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1nvhLf1EU
70s Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9aA
Goth Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxqq5vahHKk
Metal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncJyec4i4s
New Wave - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGMzyajA2U
Synthpop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OsZTJ5vfUs
Disco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ro8-ngA8gs
Pop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeeJhEpeUfc
Italo disco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEvn4oYjeQ0
50s revival - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tsV7LTrMW0
Prog Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6d7VeYvdQ
Eurovision Song Contest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsOOarxxzFY
Soft Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX-Ru1XkNZc
And others
2012
pure slop
I was pretty astounded when I found out that songs like “Puff the Magic Dragon” and “If I Had a Hammer” from my childhood were actual radio hits in 62 and 63. Can’t say that’s my answer but it’s a pretty funny one.
For me it’d probably have to be something more like 74-77 with Stevie Wonder, CSNY, Bee Gees, Shuggie Otis, etc. all going on. That early 2000’s acoustic wave, especially with the drum machines, is also kinda charming to me.
