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Comment author: satt 23 October 2015 12:50:28AM 1 point [-]

Come to think of it, I remember a paper — "The evolution of popular music: USA 1960–2010" — which has some relevance. The punchline?

We show that, although pop music has evolved continuously, it did so with particular rapidity during three stylistic ‘revolutions’ around 1964, 1983 and 1991.

1964 and 1991, ehh?