Maybe if they listened to "older standards" such as 'The Rat Pack' or Anita Day or even today's Harry Conick or Michael Buble, there would be some hope of saving this current generation? ;)
But the problem is the 'Music Industry'. You will listen to what we want you to listen to, and you will buy it, and you will like it.
There is very little actual music anymore. There is a lot of manufactured product.
There is hope, though. I am priveleged to work at a high school. At the graduation last week, they read the colleges that kids were going to, some JC's and a university or two, and the kids cheered as their college was called out, but the largest amount of noise from the graduates came at the mention of serving in the armed forces. Maybe this is not a typical experience in a public school setting, but it is gratifying to know that some of these kids actually care about this country.