I really dislike it when the older generations make statements like “there is no decent music nowadays, it was much better in my day”. They only say this because it was what they grew up with and became used to. I had this conversation with my Grandmother recently and my argument was, if you actually listen there is great music from all decades, including this one. Some of the artistes who released great music in the 70’s and 80’s are still going strong (Rod Stewart for example, some of his later stuff is brilliant) and there are plenty of newer artistes that don’t deserve to be told that music nowadays isn’t any good. One of my favourite artistes is Alicia Keys, I think she is incredibly talented. Unfortunately a lot of really great modern music isn’t played on the popular radio stations very often but it’s definitely out there. My point is, I don’t think good music ever ended, it just changed and some people dismiss change without really listening.
I did hear my dad (who is a hair rock kind of guy) admit to appreciating some rap if the lyrics were thought provoking rather than just rhyming!