Interesting article in Scientific American about pop music

[Jerome]

Just discovered this thread this morning and I have to say that the 60's were the foundation of modern music but I disagree that it was the most creative. In the 70's bands REALLY started experimenting with different musical cultures in a big way. Progressive rock and electronic music came to fruition in the 70's. It started in the 60's - no doubt about that but the really complex and imaginative works were created in the 70's. I suppose we have to take into account the fact that the results were based on charts. The stuff that was going on away from the charts was far more interesting anyway.