Rose tinted glasses or has music really gone downhill ?

When i was a kid i never had a music identity, i did not get into music until my teens and then i got into grunge and indie music such as nirvana and the dandy warhols and later on i got into heavy metal.

But then it stuck me recently there has been not major shifts or something that is new if you go back in time you have some major events such as in the 30s you had Robert johnson in the 50s you had Chuck berry and elvis presley, 60s and 70s was massive with beatles/led zepplin/kiss/the kinks and...erm disco as well in the 80s you had synth pop/New wave of british heavy metal, glam metal, thrash metal and the 90s had grunge, Nu metal and some very big pop bands. But now it feels everything feels safe and manufactured and while stuff was manufactured back then was to a much lesser extent.

Even music such as heavy metal i hear a lot of that type of music nowdays that feels ...too polished and not as raw and almost watered down.

Sure there are artists out there doing well with sales and some good songs but feels like every week there is someone new coming out with the next big thing but would be soon forgotten.

One thing that does really bug me is many artists fame and fortune has really gone to there heads and they forget it is there fans that give them that luxury and they arrogantly think they can do anything without suffering any consequences. Have to say sometimes i wish music went back to basics and became less about the mega money and massive egos and more about the music.