One of my students, an 11 year old boy with severe Attention Deficit, has discovered Buddy Holly. And He Loves the music!
Your post reminded me of a funny discussion I had with my Granddaughter (13 yrs.) one night on “Facebook”! She was talking back and forth about the pitfalls of having long hair.
I typed out part of that song from “Hair” that came from the musical play. The part that said “Oh give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair, shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen.... Grow it, show it, long as I keep growing my hair!”. (at least I think that’s how the lyrics go)
She said: “You’re funny Grandma, and old songs are cool!”! She got a kick out of that! I did take the time to play from You Tube a lot of old rock and roll, country, rockabilly, classical, etc.. for her and her younger brother. They still like a lot of old music, and listen to it sometimes, as well as the modern music of One Direction, Taylor Swift, Katie Perry, etc..
In fact, in order to help them see what kind of music/artists were popular in my youth, I did an experiment once. I asked them one time what was one of the groups or artists they listen to now. The girl replied: “One Direction”. I told her: If you could imagine going back into the past, about 50 years ago or so, and you’ll find The Beatles! She laughed in appreciation of that!
My Grandson made a paper airplane once, and was flying it around the house trying to sing “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron”, it was so cute! He was a few years younger then; and I had played that old song for them, by the Royal Guardsmen. It had come out in the later 60s, when I was about their age! (11 or 12)