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What is with the "survivorship(...) 10/14/25(Tue)06:36:09 No.128075697

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What is with the "survivorship bias" cope? Anonymous 10/14/25(Tue)06:36:09 No.128075697 Archived

>NOOO THE 70S WEREN'T GOOD IT'S JUST SURVIVORSHIP BIAS THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 70S AND NOW IN TERMS OF MAINSTREAM QUALITY.
>go to random week of 70s charts
>10: The Marmalade - Reflections of Life
>9: Tyrone Davis - Turn Back the Hands of Time
>8: John Ono Lennon - Instant Karma!
>7: Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful
>6: The Friends - Love or Let Me Be Lonely
>5: Normal Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
>4: Ides of March - Vehicle
>3: The Beatles - Let It Be
>2: Jackson 5 - ABC
>1: The Guess Who - American Woman
In just 1 week, more timeless mega hits that everyone still knows to this day than any major number of songs released in the past 20 years lmao.
Why can't people just admit the past 20ish years has been complete dogshit for mainstream music?

Anonymous
10/14/25(Tue)06:39:13 No.128075717

Anonymous 10/14/25(Tue)06:39:13 No.128075717

>>128075697
Because fuck you dad my music is just as good as yours fuck you >:(

Anonymous
10/14/25(Tue)09:46:19 No.128076920

Anonymous 10/14/25(Tue)09:46:19 No.128076920

>>128075697
>more timeless mega hits that everyone still knows to this day
lol, all of these songs are forgotten besides two (Let It Be and Spirit In The Sky) unknown to zoomers

Anonymous
10/14/25(Tue)09:53:07 No.128076965

Anonymous 10/14/25(Tue)09:53:07 No.128076965

Test

Anonymous
10/14/25(Tue)10:00:54 No.128077035

Anonymous 10/14/25(Tue)10:00:54 No.128077035

>>128076920
>SURVIVORship bias
>The Ides of March - Vehicle
kek