The pace of life is steadily increasing, we drive faster, we

[raccoon]

multi-task, we drum our fingers waiting for the microwave to ding,

So how come, 50 years ago, rock songs were 2 minutes and change, 3 minutes at the most, and they got progressively longer and longer???

[Poll_Blind]

1. Because Rock and Roll became another commodity.

Make the gold bricks bigger! Spend less time writing more songs versus stretching out one song (and having 3 commemorative remixes).

PB

[DavidDvorkin]

2. The size of the 45 RPM record was a factor

How much could be put on that space at a reasonable price and be playable by the kind of small record player that teenagers tended to buy.