New music, Old music

[Spongebob]

Does anyone else feel like, old music gets preserved well beyond its expiration date? And old bands have been musically irrelevant for a long time, as in, they don't put out good music anymore? And people are trying to keep the bands' legacies alive in an inappropriate manner, to the point that it actually stifles up and coming creativity? Don't get me wrong, there are some old bands that I really love, such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Metallica. I just feel like people shouldn't gush over old bands and keep the music scene trapped in the past, always trying to live up to old standards. There are newer artists I listen to, such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Billie Eilish, and Grimes, who really take modern music to a really great place, and it would be really cool if more modern artists did novel stuff with their music. People shouldn't gatekeep old bands, they're old news. Let's bring in the new.

People listen to and perhaps purchase music they like.  They attend concerts of musicians they like.  If they don't like the music, they don't buy it, listen to it or go to those concerts.

No dichotomy exists between choosing old or new music, both are equally available for the most part.  If anything older music might be a little harder to find in the desired format.  There's plenty of time for people to listen to as much music as they like and as people become more familiar with any song over time they tend to listen to it less and look for other songs to listen to based mostly on their musical preferences.  So the age of the music has little to do with it's validity in the marketplace.