I think there are only two types of music, songs that I like, and songs for others. I tend to like a lot of old and new music, and I don't care for a lot of old and new music. If it moves me, I like it, no matter what genre and vica versa.

I think there are a few problems with new music. This is only thinking out loud, and not the result of any scientific study, so I could be totally wrong.

1) A lot of new music is bad. Endless repetitious loops and someone reciting poetry on top. After a while we have heard it all in the lyrics, and without a melody, it just gets boring. Where do you go after W.A.P.???

2) Video. It seems that soft-core pornography is more important than musical content. I've nothing against pornography, but the videos sell the bodies, and too many of the songs aren't worth repeating.

3) Music has spread into too many genres. From Sinatra to Elvis to The Beatles there was one Top40 station that virtually every young person listened too. Everyone may have not liked Sinatra, Elvis, The Beatles and their contemporaries, but everyone knew the songs, and they identified the generation.

Then Disco, Pop (M. Jackson), Rock, and Metal split the audience. Everybody listened to their own station (feed)

Now we have some listening to EDM, others Rap, Alternative, EMO, and dozens of other genres. Not every young person has heard the latest Minaj, Sheeran, Bloodywood, Adele, Doja, NasX, Ye, Metallica or whatever release and has heard them often enough to be familiar with them.

So the songs of the day do not define a generation. The songs today each define a fraction of a generation.

4) The big labels bought up all the indie labels and made it hard for new innovation to occur. Young folks want new, and rap has been around so long that the early rappers can collect social security now.

5) Music is not as important to the younger folks. With the Internet and computers in your pocket, there are more diverse ways to entertain yourself than the latest hit songs. There are dozens of social media sites, and many more kinds of entertainment that the older generation never had.

So the older generations still relate to the "Music of their lives" while the young folks couldn't care less.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good music songs and artists out there, and when I was young, there were plenty of bad songs and artists out there.

Again, this is just thinking out loud. I could be wrong, and I could be missing a giant piece of the puzzle, but it's good discussion fodder anyway.

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