Many popular bands in the 1970s included soft rock songs in their repertoire even if they weren't viewed as soft rock artists. Soft rock still saw hits through the 1980s and 1990s, but waned in popularity significantly. Soft rock remained popular through the 1970s, but largely merged into adult contemporary in the 1980s which incorporates more jazz, soul, and easy listening as well as the growing popularity at the time of synthesizers and drum machines. However, like prog rock, soft rock does also require a lot of studio production to get its refined sound. In many ways, soft rock is was the antithesis of progressive rock, doing away with the complex time signatures, experimental instruments, and discordant sounds and focusing on simple, easy to listen to music.

'Billy Dont Be A Hero' is about a woman begging her boyfriend to be safe while fighting the Civil. This one is another song about a tragedy. This tends to come from a slower tempo, simpler chords, less change in volume, and more emphasis placed on harmony and melodic timbres. You guys really have it out for mid-1970s soft rock. It is a sub-genre of rock where songs maintain the structure of rock music, but use a gentler sound. Soft rock is a musical genre that formed in the late-1960s in the USA and UK. The band America is a popular soft rock group.

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