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

@jdougs 

You are correct. I should not have made assumptions about you. I apologize for that.

But, this place does often seem more about nostalgia, than about music.

And I was letting my frustration over the pretty consistent chorus around here of, "there is no good music made anymore", get to me.

@simonmoon 

No hard feelings, I’ve certainly been guilty of the same more than once in my life.  We get passionate about the things that are important to us.

Keep on enjoying the music!

At some point you make peace with your inner cranky old man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUgVgkrcqhk

I know I'll get beaten up for this, but J.S. Bach may be my least favorite among the accepted pantheon of Top Classical Composers. Too many of J.S.'s pieces feel mechanical. More busy than inspired. Cranked out on deadline for a fee. To be sure, part of my problem with Papa Bach may be due to the fact I'm less of a fan of High Baroque than of the earlier and later eras. But still...

Actually, we don’t, or at least we don’t have to stop. In part because of my stereo, and in part because I don’t particularly like most of what is defined as popular music currently, I listen mostly to jazz. I’m a card-carrying boomer so I already own all the classic rock I’m ever going to listen to over and over and over again, and while I realllllllly enjoy it, the “new”, and the unknown still interests me and I find that in jazz. I have always dipped a toe into jazz, but within the last 5-7 years I’ve really gone much deeper. I own all the classics and enjoy the usual suspects, but I’ve also discovered some incredibly cool new artists along the way. 
It doesn’t keep me young, but it certainly keeps my brain firing.