“The idea that many young people today still love fifty year old music - and it’s cool to do so, would have been foreign to my generation in the 60-s through 80-s.”
Not too long ago a 13 year old girl showed me her little listening device that held her songs and I went over the titles. Most were the songs that were popular when I was 13.
My daughter in her 20s metal music person, but she loves my classic rock.