re: Why is Classic Rock so Much Cooler than Modern Rock?

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I listened to Van Halen, Boston, Heart, Queen, etc., while they were making that stuff. The fact that it rose to the top and remains a viable form of music today isn't necessarily cloud computing, as much as the artists back then had to rely on this thing called "talent"

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What are rock artists today relying on if it isn't "talent"?

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and not so much the great AOR artists of the 70s or even hair metal of the 80s (which was sort of a disconnect - many of them were talented, but, due to MTV, they had to pursue a particular style to differentiante them from other heavy music).

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I really don't understand the point you are trying to make. Are you trying to say that pop rock artists and hair metal bands of the past were more talented than pop artists of today? If so, then I agree, but I thought the thread is about classic rock vs modern rock. When I think of the two terms, I think of CCR vs Alabama Shakes / The Sheepdogs and Van Halen vs Queens of the Stone Age / NIN. Not Queen vs Justin Beiber...