Why does most new music suck?

Mapman,
I don't understand your point in this post at all. First of all, in my case, I'm not an old guy as I pointed out before. The classic rock and pop music was not "my music" when I was growing up; it was not made by my peers, and I was not the target audience. I had to get older to truly appreciate it. In fact, I did not really began exploring what came of those decades until I was well into my 30s. But now that I do appreciate it and have a five-decade comparison database, I feel confident in my opinion. I respect your opinion, but you need to get rid of the premise that preferences are dictated by age.

Also, how is who the target audience is relevant to the discussion of the quality of the music?

Lots of gourmet meals to choose from:)

You mean from the classic menu? :)

Take your pick.

Todd,These days I am discovering a lot of music that is -New - to me.Starting from the present to early recordings of the 20th century.I have always had an open mind concerning music.I listen to many genres,,any genre is fair game.There is some very talented artist out there ,certainly more than I will be able to listen to in my lifetime.
So much music has been recorded ,I have a lot of fun discovering the old stuff that I have not heard yet,to me that is new music ,if I have not heard it yet. I seem to listen to more single songs from artist ,as opposed to hearing full albums in my pre-internet days,mainly the 70s,80s and 90s,in that order.
I like Bill Callahan,Eilen Jewell,Eliades Ochoa,Harmonious Wail,Lhasa De Sela,Loch Lomond,Nitin Sawhney,Bearfoot,Salif Keita,Rodrigo y Gabriela,Devendra Banhart,Oren Lavie,Boy and Bear, is a few of the newer things ive listened to and liked.I listened to a few of Alt Js tunes ,and really like a lot of it.He has a voice that I think most will either like or dislike.
I think that because it is so easy to record a decent sounding album nowadays ,and have it heard by many, has taken some of the mystique from the process.The kid next door is probably recording an album that will sound decent.It was more expensive,as was good equipment in years past.My friends and I tended to listen to whole albums rather than single songs .