I agree with you. I try to tell my fellow olds that all the time- like when my friend said he was introducing his daughter to Public Enemy, in an effort to teach her how old rap was "good" and had more intelligent lyrics compared to the rap that's out today. I had to point out the difference between the thought-provoking lyrics of contemporary artists like The Coup, and the lyrics of older rap songs like "Fly Girl" by The Boogie Boys. In any given era, the majority of popular music is crap. You have to dig deeper to find the good stuff, and that's the stuff that will remain with you as you get older. That's as true today as it ever was- I'm just lucky enough to be able to discover good new music more easily, as a KALX DJ. There's also some science behind why new music starts sounding crappy after a certain age, though:
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Date: 2014-03-20 01:21 am (UTC)http://www.cracked.com/article_19722_7-scientific-reasons-youll-turn-out-just-like-your-parents.html
It's just important to remember that it has NOTHING to do with the quality of music going downhill.