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>>/3668/ > Only problem is which idea to follow sometimes. eeeyup. Basically this. > I'm surprised how simplified it is in the public consciousness at times, at least from a US perspective. I know more about the musical phenomenons around Europe but there is some information I´ve gathered here and there about the US. > the 70s primarily remembered as Disco with the other notable music movements and art being not brought up much. the US had waaaaaay more than that. In fact, most of those artists had to go to the UK in order to thrive and get a chance to show their philosophy. During the 70s, hip hop was getting the first popular sketches (there were a few aspects shown back in the 60s) and the first songs from the actual genre came around 1978 (I think?) because of the combination of funk and R&B. Also, one seer of a band was Devo. They knew how to make new wave and show that weird look before any other band from the 80s. In fact, its most acclaimed record was released in 1978 and that´s because Bowie brought them to Europe. Another big one,punk. Sure disco had its gems but that caused a reaction that didn´t satisfy the kids. Either you had easy listening pop like the Carpenters or you had really complex and sophisticated music like progressive rock. People were tired and that lead to events that you know better than me. But if it weren´t because of the provocative simple concerts from The Ramones,nor the Sex Pistols nor the Clash would have been created in the first place. That brought not only punk, but a very broad genre that was derivative and unique to each band around the late 70 and early 80s: post punk and derivative genres from it. That included from artists like DNA to a jangle pop band like REM. There is a pretty good post punk flowchart that shows how broad the scene was. That period between the late 70s and the early 80s was one of the most creative and effervescent eras of music one can imagine. Also, the no wave genre. This one sure sounds underground as hell and the only popular thing that saw the light was the album that Brian Eno organized: New York No Wave compilation. Sure, those bands didn´t thrive and had to do more things in their lives but for sure one has heard about these two maximum exponents of that genre: Swans and Sonic Youth. You would have to wait until 1983 in order to get the first record from those bands. > I guess it was unlucky being in between the 60s with the war protest and the psychedelic scene and the 1980s with the full advent of music videos and mainstream recognition of techno and other later movements. yeah, the Cold War and the Detroit scene in which poor people would buy the same machine like Kraftwerk had and the city had nothing but sharing rhythms for hours and hours. That was their entertainment and the explosion happened around the late 80s, bringing techno to the mainstream in one year. > I'm not saying it's all forgotten but I often see it reduced to just a disco aesthetic while even in more limited portrayal of 60s and 80s having a bit more nuance and least mishmashing several styles from the period together. yeah but that´s the memory people want to make out of it or reduce it to that because of the information they are getting about it from a popular perspective.