Surprisingly, I always liked Bach. Puts me to sleep easily, though. There were others in his time, however, don't remember the names. I heard their music too, Bach was better, to my mind.
Sir Sly - Don't You Worry, Honey I think that's a great modern indie-pop LP. If you haven't listened to it already, give it a whirl; might give you some hope for modern pop and the direction it's heading. Also: Paramore - After Laughter That's a little pop as well, but not an awful lot, it's pretty quirky :)
I'll go with one explanation that hasn't been proffered yet - changing taste in recreational drugs.
Back in the day, downers and hallucinogens sparked a more pensive or spacey (respectively) artistic impulse. Today's turbo charged uppers produce 200 bpm EDM. It's especially tough on us old guys who can't listen that fast.
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