>>805614>Name one song in the top 40 with a virtuoso anything.Virtuoso performances are not the same as musical complexity, many virtuoso performers work over exceptionally simple musical compositions.
>Provide examplesI don't listen to pop, this is a discussed matter among musicians. I'll concede that in the last couple years the trend has reverted, but this is part of a common back and forth.
>lol at the eighties being complexPhil Collins sound became popular in the late eighties, much of that music took direct inspiration from actual program rock. Which I hate by the way, gimme simple, approachable music. Music is for the people, it ought not be gatekept by intentionally obtuse composition. Although I do like
>Yes-RoundaboutNot pop, and actually comparatively simple next to much of their catalog.