old music

What ever happened to quality mainstream music? Or was it never there? I'd like to tell myself that the music i listen to from the past was the mainstream because i have a false idea that old music that everyone loves today was what was loved yesterday. But I am going to assume that the music that is "classic" was the top of the charts of the day they were released.

I have always wondered if in the past there were the kids that considered them selves better because they listened to the music of their parents or if it is only today. I believe that it is only today's kids because they do not have music that has positive qualities of actual meanings rather than the lowest art form know as rap. They cannot stand to listen to rap and today has not provided real music, so they(we) look to what was good in the past. Swing, while not as popular as it was in the 40s, is seeing a little more success, and the classic rock of the 60s 70s and 80s are big hits with kid who desire to be different while begin accepted.

Why does today's music generally suck? Maybe because no one wants to have the effort to make real music. Maybe because record labels know that they can make more money by making "music" that sounds all the same. Maybe because it wouldn't be cool if bands today started writing music like Styx, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, etc. I believe that that is what it is, it would not be cool to make music that sounds like music of the past. This could be because of a number of reason, two of which being the most prominent. One being that the people would feel that they were copycats or something. Or, the second, the music is actually disliked by the vast majority and a select few actually like the music, but to look like the y have culture they listen to it in public to gain acceptance from their peers who do not actually like it but pretend to. and I guess s third possibility is that the media know that it the style would fail because not a well known name is attached to it and the people would reject it anyways.

I wish new music would be good but it won't happen at all. so i can listen to the obscure music that not many people listen to and when i get a new Cd i will review it and put the review