Teens and music

What has happened with teenagers and music? I thought that by the time
I became middle-aged, I would deplore what teenagers called "music" and
wouldn't be able to see what it was all about. But it seems that
teenagers listen to music that is more or less the same as the music I
listened to when I was younger, except that it isn't quite as good. Or,

Banty...

But U2 and Red Hot Chilli Peppers are still churning out good stuff!

the production and musicianship is better, but the songwriting isn't so
good these days. I'm extremely disappointed. Why hasn't there been a
revolution since about the early 80s when rap/dance came in?

Banty...

"Rap/dance"? Rap in the early '80s, yes (I got to be around those happenings in
the Bronx a bit). Dance meaning house music? That's somewhat niche, but we're
starting to hear more of it on the airwaves. You're right I think that there is
no particular music movement among kids. I think my son's playing of current
alternative rock is the perfect Parent's Revenge (as in, *my* parents poetic
revenge on me!) BTW, the kids are getting into old metal now - Black Sabbath,
for instance.

My take on it is that, with the internet, there is such an explosion of
different kinds of music accessible that it's taking awhile to process all that.

Or maybe music's all tapped out and the world is coming to an end :)