Music is in the eye, or ear, of the beholder.
And, today's music sucks. Everybody can see or hear that.

Is that a 'No'?
Following my streamed favorites list Qobuz is playing songs I have never heard before. The thousands of songs I have never heard before instead of the same 1000 songs Apple Music thinks I want to hear for the millionth time.
Those thousands of songs are not all new. I don't know when they were recorded and don't care. You must mean today's mainstream popular music as in today's mainstream audio components.
Debbie Boone, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston! Is that the 'back then' you're talking about?