[mattstat]

The interesting insight from your comment, dmz, is that each of those parents is quite correct in their admonitions given that the quality of music has been in retrograde for several generations now.

[steve-b]

"The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching."
--Attributed to an Assyrian stone tablet, c. 2800 BCE

[dmz]

The interesting insight from your comment, dmz, is that each of those parents is quite correct in their admonitions given that the quality of music has been in retrograde for several generations now.
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I don’t quite get folks who idealize the past. Cole Porter wrote some great stuff. There were many others writing crap.

There is a lot of crap being written today, but there is also stuff that will surely stand the test of time.

Mozart was not the only classical era composer, as Beethoven was not the only Romantic era composer, and Bach was not the only Baroque era composer.

Each era has its standouts and the also rans that no one remembers.

Of course, for me the bottom line is this, objective statements (music has been in retrograde) on entirely subjective topics (quality of music) yield entirely meaningless conclusions. JMO.