Quote:That's because modern music is terrible.

 

Careful.  There was terrible music then and there's terrible music now but that doesn't mean there weren't great artists whatever the era.  The problem today is that music has become so commoditized that the artists don't have nearly the incentive they used to (unless they're like in the upper 1%) and to get there they usually (not always) have to compromise their art.

 

When people say "music sucked in [insert era here]" what they usually mean is that they have a limited appreciation for music in general.

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