Very attuned! I am amazed by 2 things: Teens or younger listening to classic rock instead of death metal or gangsta. And that you see classic rock cover bands and that genre resurgence everywhere. 90's music? 00 music? you might hear a tune or two throw in, but classic rock spans the generations far better than a lot of genres.
I was in line, and there was this pretty young lady cashier, maybe 18, just out of high school. The radio next to her register was the local classic rock station. I said "I am really surprised someone your age isn't listening to something more modern." Without missing a beat she says "No way, modern music sucks, there is no talent now."
Actually, there's lots of fantastic modern music but they rarely play it on the radio or MTV or any mainstream venue so most people don't know about it. Thank God the internet has made it possible to search and find great new artists. Access to good modern music is the only reason I got back into the audio hobby. I had a long hiatus from this hobby after I got feed up with no good music back in the late 90s. Now days, I consider the music hunt just another hobby and a lot of fun.
Regarding classic rock, I listened to that to death back in the late 70's and all through the 80's. I burnt out on that a long time ago. I dumped all my classic music years ago. I easily own more than 200 CDs that are all post year 2000 production. And it's wonderfully good. And the production value is almost always excellent and superior to 30 and 40 year old recordings. I buy mostly acoustic modern folk, acoustic pop, acoustic rock, alternative country.
Listen to Joe Pug's latest or Blind Pilots new debut and tell me there's no good modern music. You do have to be selective and hunt it down, but there's lots of good stuff. I actually think we are turning a corner in the music industry where quality song writing and production is more common than it used to be.
If anybody wants a list of 20 or 30 post year 2000 recordings that I highly recommend, just ask. I'd love to share.
