The Smiths – What’s The World

Morrissey and his band of merry men cover James.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqy5a_HeBR0

Why is it easier to find a high quality video of a song from the 60's than the 80's?

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Why is it easier to find a high quality video of a song from the 60's than the 80's?

it's also probably easier than trying to look up videos by "james" and finding videos by "james" 😉

FirstTime "hitman" LongTime says:

June 9, 2011 at 9:50 am

I wasn't going to give you a softball.
spookymilk says:

June 9, 2011 at 9:58 am

Why is it easier to find a high quality video of a song from the 60's than the 80's?

Not much of quality was being made in the '80s...
1. brianS says:
  
  June 9, 2011 at 12:28 pm
  
  You've Stop(ped) Making Sense, spooks.
  
  ignoring the number 1 on this list, which came out in 1979, I see a lot of good stuff from the 1980s. (Or if you prefer Pitchfork's list).
  
  and, while I am not a fan of the genre, Rap began as a commercial phenomenon in the 1980s (The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was recorded in 1979). That's pretty big.
  1. spookymilk says:
    
    June 9, 2011 at 12:32 pm
    
    Yeah, I'm ignoring the great stuff to take an easy (and lazy) swipe at pop music. Unfortunately for me, I was a kid at the time, and wasn't aware that there was music being made that I would actually like.
    
    I will peruse those lists, by the way. To this day I tend to put '80s music at the bottom of my to-listen list.
    1. spookymilk says:
      
      June 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm
      
      Okay, I looked at the list. I own a lot of that. I should probably drop my fear of '80s music, which might be attributable to the fact that my childhood kinda sucked (not my family life, though. I want that to be clear).
  2. freealonzo says:
    
    June 9, 2011 at 1:49 pm
    
    I agree with BS. The 80's had a ton of great stuff. I would argue that popular music in the 80's was pretty lame but let that color your judgment.

When I was in my late teens/early twenties I was blown away by how many people I met, and thought were cool, loved the Smiths. While I don't hate them I just don't get the pedestal that so many people in their (now) mid-late thirties LOVE the Smiths.

spookymilk says:

June 9, 2011 at 2:21 pm

I'm one of those guys. I was obsessive about all things Morrissey as a depressed high schooler.

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