The evolution of music. Is modern musicof the same quality is older?

I think every era produces great music, and this one is no exception. If you look hard enough, there are some supremely gifted acts operating today. But I'd say it's probably harder for them to achieve the kind of mainstream legendary success once enjoyed by Rock superstars than it would have been a few decades ago: there aren't the same kinds of opportunities...possibly because the sensationalism surrounding Rock music and culture is not as intense as it was during its hey day of the 60s and 70s; and to some extent also the 80s. Things have quietened down. At the same time, thanks to the internet, I'd say it's infinitely easier for young artists to be heard today than in times past. Of course, there's a lot of competition; but I'd say nonetheless that the opportunities for fame and success in music are quite phenomenally greater today than 30 or 40 years ago; there's simply no comparison. I wouldn't say that the older music is necessarily better...however, it was new; and revolutionary, which could not be said of modern music, which has perforce to borrow from the past. The golden age of Rock was such a startling era, for good and bad alike...both artistically and culturally...because it was so fresh and trailblazing.

To me the older music of much higher quality.Because right now I feel like if a song has actual music instruments or lyrics that don't repeat themselves at least 10 times then a song can't get popular. And this,even if it is an exaggeration, make me feel like quality music is going down the drain. There are still some extremely talented people that get a chance to become popular less and less because people have lost their sense of good music apperantly and prefer to just listen to songs that have computers instead of guitars and autotune instead of real talent. Things have gotten to the point of comparing Justin Bieber to Michael Jackson and this seems downright offensive to MJ, even if I don't listen to much pop music I still realize this. I'm sorry if my response has offended someone and I'm sorry that it turned into something more of a rant then a response...

Great songs are great songs. Great melodies are great melodies. Doesn't matter when they were written. Beethoven's 5th or Adele's Someone Like You - both extraordinary works centuries apart.

Personally I'm more a fan of older music, even with metal (I love the 'feel good' hair metal from the 80s). But what the current problem is, is that there's no evolution anymore at all. New bands (especially in rock and metal) don't get a chance if they're too different from the popular music. Now I know that that has always been the case, but the current music labels are taking it to a new extreme because their business isn't going well. Bottom line is, in the 70s, 80s and 90s you see a clear change in music while in the last decade there's almost no difference at all.

For me, as long as the song/musical piece has compositional value, it can convey emotion with its melody, and if it has lyrics, they are artistic, I don't think it's by default worse than classic music or oldies. Of course, mass-made autotune stuff with generic lyrics I wouldn't consider quality, but there are a lot of (even commercial) songs that are pretty quality in all aspects.