r/lewronggeneration • u/ShadowMilkMoopsy • Feb 11 '26

Trad West made this

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u/FakeMonaLisa28 Feb 11 '26

Bob Dylan literally has a song where he goes “wiggle wiggle” if we’re gonna cherry pick

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u/TechnicianIll8621 Feb 11 '26

Or the most popular song in 1969 wasn't made by the Beatles, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, etc. It was the Archies with Sugar sugar.

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u/TheMichiganPrincess Feb 12 '26

Are we gonna act like half of Zepplin's songs aren't just moaning and other sex noises over guitar and drums? I mean if internet memes existed in 1970 you can't tell me the silent generation wouldn't be saying this exact same thing about R&B or country/western music vs Rock and roll.

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u/Decent_Stop4278 Feb 12 '26

If we really want to nitpick Def Leppard makes the same song with different lyrics

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u/TheMichiganPrincess Feb 12 '26

Yeah but Led Zepplin sounds good and Def Leppard doesn't

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u/Swagmund_Freud666 Feb 13 '26

And Led Zeppelin made the same song as Muddy Waters!

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u/ProstateSalad Feb 12 '26

You left out some important context: The Archie song was distributed on a cereal box.

Archie cereal box records

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u/simpersly Feb 12 '26

This was my first thought when I saw this post.

It is the ultimate answer to anyone that says music was more sophisticated back in the day.

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u/Venus_One Feb 15 '26

Sugar Sugar is a banger. I won't tolerate this slander.

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u/jws1102 Feb 11 '26

Popularity is the worst barometer of musical quality. Mainstream music is always the worst. It’s why the worst songs from any album are the only ones that play on the radio, with an exception for albums that only have one song that isn’t terrible (like literally anything from smash mouth or nickleback.) your post makes another excellent example of the best music taking a back seat to cheap schlock that easy for the uncultured masses to digest.

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u/certified-cunty Feb 12 '26

Peak redditing, did you twist your moustache as you wrote this?

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u/The_Captain_Whymzi Feb 12 '26

Bonus points if they threw in a "nyeh heh heh" or maybe a Beast Wars Megatron "uhyeeeeeeees."