Why does most music made after ~2000 suck?

[greenmedic88]

If you can't relate to any of the music of the current times it generally means one thing: you've grown old.

If you're stuck in the 70s because those were the greatest years in your memory, there are odds that your musical taste will be stuck there as well. The same can be said for virtually any decade.

And often, what was most popular in its time becomes disposable within ten years, only to resurface in Biggest Hits Of the XXs collections or in "Where Are They Now?" segments, but I think most can agree that top 40 music is hardly the best gauge by which to judge the music of any given time period.

So if you can't find music that agrees with you from any given time period (whether it's the present, the last ten years, or whenever), it's probably because you either haven't really looked, or maybe you just don't know where to look. But ignorance of what was out there at a given time is a pretty thin excuse for any sort of absolutist declarations.

Probably the easiest way to find new music, new bands/musicians that appeal to one's individual sensibilities is by finding those whose musical influences are similar to or match one's own. More often than not, it will appeal to the listener.