And for the generation of young women who were inspired by her the “idiot crazy no talent sl*t” narrative definitely held us back more than anything else. Music only needs one token crazy stupid girl who is famous for no reason.
Same old same old. Of a hundred thousand talented young girls in the US only a thousand get the opportunity to be talentless girls hogging the limelight from everyone else with their nonsense the rest have to major in things that pay.
Media story always the same:
I definitely see her influence in musicians like Amanda Palmer and Regina Spektor, and they got some of the same treatment…
Yep. It’s still “men make serious music and women make pop”…
Besides the occasional recommendation on an internet forum, I find college radio to still be a great source (as it was for me going back to the early 80s) for new stuff to keep from wallowing in a nostalgia trap. And it’s also great for occasional morale boosting moments hearing that the kids nowadays play something awesome but completely obscure from like 1988.
There are whole genres of current music based on the influences of 70s and 80s easy listening, including my beloved weirdo pop (the genre of TOPs, who I posted the other day in Da Musicz). And there are a HUGE number of covers of 70s easy listening today (some very good!)
Tldr: people like stuff. A lot of it’s good
You can get people to like almost any music - as long as you don’t tell them who it is first… 
“what are you going to play for me?”
“Who’s on first”
I am a millennial who likes the smooth sounds of the 70’s. People made this music because some people liked it then and unsurprisingly… some people like it now.
As for where I heard it first, it was on the radio one night. Turns out she’s been around a while and I hope she sticks around.
Over a century of recorded music. From all over the world. It’s all there. And a lot of it is wonderful isn’t it?
So good! If you send a good song each time I make a dumb joke though, you are going to be very busy!
Just wait until the Golden Oldies are playing songs you grumbled about the Damn Kids These Days listening to.
“And that was an old favourite for grandpa, Jeremy. Coming up, WAP on Drivetime Easy Listening on Unthreatening FM.”
You could try Stairways to Heaven covers from the Australian show The Money or the Gun.
Definitely an interesting person. Great singer songwriter, some controversial views (which cropped up during the pandemic) and some really self-destructive habits (which made for great albums, but at great personal cost).
Even smaller artists are doing that kind of thing. Toad the Wet Sprocket did that a few years back.
Heres a list of close to 200 versions of Stairway
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