"No no, the previous generation before me was unreasonable and condescending for no reason, but THIS time the music really does suck! Really!!"
No, it's the same as it ever was: like each generation before you, you're frowning on the darned inexplicable habits of the rising generation.
You're just noticing the mediocre but popular songs of today, while forgetting all the mediocre but then-popular songs of your own heyday that have since faded from memory (because they were mediocre).
I see the same thing sometimes in the gaming community when people try to laud old retro games. There were plenty of awful or completely forgettable games from the NES and SNES era, people just forget about them while remembering the standouts like Mario, Contra, Megaman, etc. Same thing with music, or TV, or movies, or books.
"No no, the previous generation before me was unreasonable and condescending for no reason, but THIS time the music really does suck! Really!!"
No, it's the same as it ever was: like each generation before you, you're frowning on the darned inexplicable habits of the rising generation.
You're just noticing the mediocre but popular songs of today, while forgetting all the mediocre but then-popular songs of your own heyday that have since faded from memory (because they were mediocre).
I see the same thing sometimes in the gaming community when people try to laud old retro games. There were plenty of awful or completely forgettable games from the NES and SNES era, people just forget about them while remembering the standouts like Mario, Contra, Megaman, etc. Same thing with music, or TV, or movies, or books.