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The clash did a lot of mediocre stuff too, but their good stuff is pretty amazing for how young they actually were at the time.
I think good popular music relies on being in your time and in the moment. People have access to too much these days, hard for people to be part of a current movement that means something and really perfecting it. Instead they go picking out stuff thats retro/ironic/cool to be trendy and popular rather than actually good.
Also, with the amount of stuff our there its hard to find really "great" stuff amongst mediocrity. But there are gems.
For example Female Art-Pop singers, would you get someone as good as Kate Bush in the 80's or Bjork in the 90's?
The Frenchy Camille seems pretty close.
There is a lot of shit out there in Pop Music, we are probably just sick of hearing the same ideas recycled but in a less effective manner than the first time round.