why were most songs from the late 60s and most of the 70s sad?

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Shannon
Ghetto Child
In the Ghetto
Morning after
Rainy days and mondays
Comfortably numb

just to name a few was it due to current events like the vienam war and iranian hostage crisis

Intrinsic Random Event · Accepted Answer

Mostly the Iranian hostage crisis, that really personally affected a lot of rockstars...
There were happy songs too. Most Frank Zappa songs were fairly happy.
Disco Inferno was a happy song, I think... and I'm sure there were some happy Led Zeppelin songs.
OK, I admit, there were a lot of downer songs in the late 60s and 70s. They were possibly bummed that the hippy peace love revolution wasn't all that they imagined.

Nick · Answer

wow, 6 songs from a decade and a half, it must be true.

Phukyahu · Answer

You've listened to them all and done the math?

why were most songs from the late 60s and most of the 70s sad?

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