I have seen at least two or three Youtube videos by people of a certain age claiming that modern music is rubbish because of auto-tuning and other technology aids. I dare say there’s an element of truth to the accusation – certainly auto-tuning singing sounds a lot like cheating.
But people of a certain age have always claimed that modern music is shit – whatever era you choose. A certain Elvis Presley certainly had older people up in arms about this modern rock’n’roll rubbish back in the 1950s. And the Beatles in the 1960s, the Sex Pistols in the 1970s, etc. To a certain extent modern music is supposed to annoy people of a certain age – as far as young people are concerned that’s a feature not a bug.
What’s more, in every era most of the music of that era was just a little bit shit. We all remember the good stuff and forget about the dross. There’s probably no more rubbish today than there was in your favourite era of music (autotuning not withstanding).
