This person accuses Thoughty2 of "conflating the music of the sixties with modern music".
In fact he does not "conflate" them. He contrasts them. A rather large difference. Certainly, there were some mindless and loud genres such as punk in the sixties; however, the overall quality of the most listened to music has been steadily declining.

Although, he does make some vague, weak, and illogical accusations of faulty research sources, the majority of this "nice solid rebuttal" appears to be a series of ad hominem attacks mocking Thoughty’s word choices. This fellow seems to be a member of the thriving tribe of youtubers that harvest views by tearing down actual content creators.

In any event, it really doesn’t matter. If you enjoy the caliber of music being churned out today, good for you. Fortunately, we live in an age when virtually any type of music is at our fingertips. Personally, I’m going to scroll past Miley’s Wrecking Ball, and soak up some of The Band’s Last Waltz...

Did you watch the video?

@WorldSigh I have seen scientific proof like this before. I don't imagine this one is any different.

Let me put it this way: if modern music had turned out to be awesome, people my age would say that it sucks. The contempt for modern music by people my age was always inevitable regardless of the quality of that music, or lack thereof.

@Crikey it’s the "scientific proof" part that factors for age and cultural bias. Also, if you had watched the video, you would have seen that the author is a man in his 30s, hardly part of the "older generation". Incidentally, my stepson is in his 20s and thinks most modern music is boring crap.

Yes, the left has you exactly where they want you as you know you know more than your elders....right?

@johnlondon Every generation thinks they know better than their elders, this was especially true of the boomers and Gen X from back in my day. It's not a leftist thing.

Also regardless of whether modern music is rubbish or not, it was already inevitable that my generation would say it had declined in quality at every level. That is my point.

Not only is (and I use this term lightly) music becoming homogenized, it is also dumbing down. Fewer words are repeated over and over.

Interesting that this subject came up. I was listening to Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’ and thinking “you don’t hear music like this anymore.”