great to see some Great Society vids - I know them mainly as the source for Grace Slick, but their original take on Somebody To Love is interesting, if not quite up there with the Airplane version IMO
I guess each decade we think music gets crappier, but it depends on what you were doing in your life at the time more than anything, so you associate music - even music that isn't that great - with good times and nostalgia.
Most modern pop/rock just seems to hark back to the classic era of the 60s/70s/80s, but I do often wonder whether all melodies/tunes have already been 'done', so to speak, and it's difficult if not impossible to come up with any new ones, let alone new production sounds.
But every so often I hear a 'new' song that grabs me for some reason - like this one which I heard playing in a shop - Glorious - I had never heard of the band, but it sounds like it could be straight out of the sixties:
my favourite music review site is Wilson and Alroy:
which I've been reading for years - they're incredibly comprehensive and cover a wide range of genres, even though I don't always agree with their opinions, it's worth checking out
Here's Led Zep's the Battle of Evermore with Fairport Conventions's Sandy Denny singing back up vocals:
Cream - White Room
What is Life - George Harrison