Why does most new music suck?

I want to be proven wrong more than anything. The difference is that it is artists and songs like the ones below that we heard on the radio all day long without having to "look for them". Seems to me that this is an important part of what makes music "popular". Here are four that came to mind without any effort at all. What songs from the last, say, thirty years that are as well crafted and performed with a similar level of artistry come immediately to mind? Yeah, I know I know, it's subjective. Is it?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7z3nQJj-0

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdw7kxD8eUc

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YLQYkbzSz5s

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw

Interesting comments about the music suffering for the "separation of artists and instruments". Intuitively, I'd reach the opposite conclusion. As technology changes, music adapts. To me, rock n roll is the musical child of the electric guitar. Had the piano not come along to follow the harpsichord, music would certainly have evolved differently. You can be pretty confident that piano music alienated a fair # of harpsichord music lovers and you know that rock n roll pissed off a whole lot of folks.

Today, computers (and derivative electronics) are often the instruments of choice and music has morphed to accommodate that. The skills required to make music may have changed, but skills are still required. For me, it's progress, even if the results don't move me very often.

Most of the music I love comes from artists whose careers started 40+ years ago and very little comes from new artists exploiting new approaches. That is, I do like a fair # of young singer songwriter types, but I don't like much hip hop or electronica. The fact that I don't love it, however, would never lead me to conclude that it sucks.

Just MHO

****For me, it's progress, even if the results don't move me very often.****

I don't understand that comment.

Frogman, 1st thing I thought of ,off the top of my head. Reminds me of the Who live, without the windmill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937P9X_jsXA&feature=player_embedded

Frogman, the dictionary definition of "progress" is movement toward a goal.

With that in mind, not everyone has the same goals as you. So a style of music or artist can certainly be progressing but still leave a lot of people unimpressed.