Man, I miss the ‘80s... a better time with better music... Commies on the ropes... last decade before political correctness really took hold... last decade before the popular culture really sank into the gutter.
Thinking back on it... why was it better? Well, for one thing, the World War II generation, then in their late ‘50s to mid-to-late-60s were still pretty much calling the shots. The oldest Baby Boomers (e.g., Bill Clinton) didn’t really take over until the ‘90s, and that when everything started to go to hell.
I’m with you on most of that, but there is a lot of excellent music still being made that you’ll never hear on the radio. The death of radio was at the hands of the consultants who fill the playlists with bland songs that are focus-grouped to death. My best source has been YouTube because I can play one song I like and let autoplay take over; I often fall down the rabbit hole listening to artists I never heard of.