D&D 3E/3.5 the worst thing about 4e is the best thing about 3e...

[Herschel]

Yes. I'd be surprised if that were not the case, too - it's just that we mentally filter out a lot of that dross immediately, and tend not to remember much of the rest. Only the very good, and the hilariously bad, tends to get remembered for long.

So....Deep Purple and Disco represent the 70s music scene?

In other words, yes, I agree.