Q: Why are there so much less songs with keyboard solos in music nowadays? I think it adds a lot to the music. One in "La de da" is absolutely amazing for example.
A: it doesn't really matter much to me what instrument is doing what. wait a minute, it seems like a large majority of pop songs from the last 5 years have a massively infectious super party riff as the chorus, or super-chorus. and i would bet those are all played on keyboard, so....