My boomer music take: I miss the monoculture when songs didn't overstay their welcome

One look at Billboard and in March, I see songs in the top 10 that I remember hearing last summer.

I know the monoculture had it's problems but one thing I miss is that back in the day, the singles charts actually had movement, songs didn't stay on top forever unless one of the biggest uberstars drops a new album and takes over for a week. I blame this on the death of monoculture and how radio lost it's importance, MTV/VH1 is irrelevant and only airs reality shows and reruns of old program and the loss of anything unifying music lovers.

I'm old enough to remember the biggest stars of the 80s and 90s, and remember enjoying to watch the charts back when a song debuted, rose, peaked, fell, dropped out, and then it was wash rinse repeat with the next single cycle. People like Michael or Janet or Madonna or Whitney could have six or seven big hits during one "era" because their new video would premiere, the song would become a hit, the song would peak, then it's time for the next single to come along with the previous one had started its decline, and we moved forward. Compare this to today where Disease and Abracadabra still have yet to catch on to radio because it simply won't let "Die With A Smile" go even though the song is eight months old at this point. In a more monoculture world where people still watched MTV and whatever, it would've been off the charts by now and people would've moved onto newer songs by her.