Neil Young, Chili Peppers, Flaming Lips, many others, nobody, not one of these "artistes" speaks of artistic ideas, concepts, as the '50s, '70s rockers once did or attempted to. Perhaps in the 3 chord post-art-rock world there aren't any, any more. (Tell that to Paul McCartney or Elvis Costello, though.) But their infantile, inarticulate, uninformed Hollywood marxism, if that's what it is, does get on one's nerves.
That is true... I was born in 1971, but I am an avid music fan (particularly rock and roll) and I know much about music history.
The artists of today want to recapture that anti-war magic that was the late 60's - early 70's, but they just can't seem to do it. I heard Neil's latest cd and the power just isn't there.
Not that I would agree with the concepts behind the old songs, but they were much more powerful those days. Songs like "Eve of Destruction", "Fortunate One", and even Neil Young's "Ohio" were much better than the recent trash that Neil just put out.