Here's why young people don't like "classic" rock or pop

Last week the hosts of "How We Heard It" explored the many reasons people stop listening to new music as they get older. The bottom line: New music speaks to us less and less as we age, our friends stop listening to new music so we don't have anyone to share the experience, we have less time to absorb new music, and our aging brains find new music difficult to process. (Myth: New music was better in our youth than it is today.) This week your hosts look at another major (though not quite as pervasive) phenomenon: Why don't young people enjoy the classic acts and hits from before their time? Some of their reasons are similar to those of the older listeners not listening to new music: For example, young people tend to listen to what their friends enjoy (which tends to be new music), and they often feel disconnected from artists in the past and put off by the themes and lifestyles of those artists. And there are more reasons - from the production values of the past to the vast library of popular music that exists today, accumulated over some 70 years. Where do you even start? Ever the problem-solvers, the podcast hosts offer suggestions on how music lovers of all ages can find and sample undiscovered music and enhance their lives. If you refuse to budge from one era of music, you're only denying yourself joy.