Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?

If you listened to 60’s and 70’s music you know the reason why. A lack of actual hits!

I'm 51 and I've never been so attuned to new releases as I am now.  Streaming has opened up a huge world to me.

Weekly, I scan album reviews on Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian - it's amazing how often a cracking album gets overlooked by at least one of them.

Also BBC 6Music is a great station for picking up new artists.  Their evening and Sunday scheduling is as good as it gets (I imagine... :-) )

Having an open mind to new thoughts and ideas has little if any downsides. When relating to newer(last 10 years) music the quality standard(content) has declined in popular music. Is "Bad Guy" a great song? The mainstream media thinks so. How many have read the lyrics? My 82 year old mother even knows the song and thinks the Duh part is cool(yikes), Paul Simon has nothing to worry about. My point is listening to new music does not give one "The Fountain Of Youth". or make you more open minded then someone chained to Greatful Dead recordings. IMO is just means you have lowered your expectations when critiquing new music. Not all is lost... Maggie Rogers, Agnes Obel, London Grammar, Gregory Porter, Kygo(house/chill), Rita Payes(jazz) and even 60 year old Jazz Pianist Renee Rosnes(to name a few) have all released great recordings in the last 10 years. With any luck major pop artists like Adele will step up their game(content) with future releases.

@bmontani I don’t find this to be true for me. I am constantly finding new music from all different time periods and genres. There are tons of new great artists but you do have to turn over some rocks. I find that having a streamer makes it very easy.

@chrisoshea Some do listen to new music...I’m 67 and am always discovering new music. Try Stereophile music reviews for some great stuff you may not have discovered yet.

I did not read the entire thread, but I am pretty sure there are other responses similar to the above examples.

I hope those of you who fit the above types of profiles, are the exceptions in the world.

This forum is not a fair sample of the general music listening public. This is a music specific forum, on an audiophile site.

The fact that people like this exist on this forum at greater numbers than the general music listening public is not a surprise. This site has the function of filtering out the more serious music listeners than would be found in the general population.

Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?

 

Because we lose, and no longer have any contact, interest, or understanding, of the world in which the people that create and perform the new music live in.  

Cheers