Anyone Here Like Older Music Better Than Modern Music?

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As it pertains to music , I would describe myself as being a moderate conservative, over all. While my tastes are fairly eclectic , they do tend to be more so traditional , or rootsy , in character . Basically , I will enjoy everything from trad pop , and "volksmusik" / schlager , on the more conservative end , to folk metal , and symphonic metal , on the more alternative end of the spectrum . Now my politics , on the other hand , are a different matter entirely . Incidentally , back in the day , the U.S. government actually deemed a preference for folk music as being a possible sign of a person being a Communist . So , just because a person may hold a more traditional view of music doesn't necessarily mean that their politics are going to likewise be conservative .

Was never a contest about enjoying older music over newer stuff. Though some of my older taste go way further back

On the matter of not liking rap, hiphop and country music. We are usually to some extent primed by our peers so naturally if your "besties" are Swifties and religiously listen to tay tay, then naturally you might want to deliberately "dislike" Beyonce (even if you can't help inadvertently bopping to Beyonce tunes playing in a shopping mall).

It amused me no end reading the negative comments about Kendrick Lamar's songs played in the superbowl as "inappropriate" because hiphop and rap is not "real music". But there were plenty of toddlers filmed dancing with unbridled joy to Kendrick's music on tv. Children usually don't lie unlike their parents.

Likewise country music has a rich history and a lot of good boot scooting toe tapping tunes I can't help but like. there is also a lot of pent up emotion and clever relatable lyrics.

Of course rap lyrics can be crude/vulgar and on the surface unrefined, but there is usually a message if one listens. Music is both visual and auditory art and like a lot of artforms its not for everybody.