Has it really been 40 years?

There are some songs simply timeless, some artists simply ageless. And I can't believe that, despite my musical upbringing almost exclusively of classical music, opera and jazz, I hadn't heard it until the 2010 Super Bowl.



I just can't find any truly memorable music released in the last couple of decades, not since about the time Freddie Mercury died. And as I've delved into 60s and 70s rock, I've discovered how much of today's pop and contemporary "music" has been borrowed from foundations laid decades ago.