Why do older people hate new music?

Comments under Youtube videos of songs from the 70s and 80s have a grim consistency. "Back when music was music" is the gist.

But I can remember older people saying the same about those songs when they first came out. Why do many - not all - of us - come to be so distrustful of new music? Neophobes, if you like.

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