Originally Posted by
Koyote
Went through this when my (then teenaged) daughter was into K-Pop. You can guess what I thought of it. After we'd gone back and forth on her tastes vs mine, I told her, "This is just how it's supposed to be: my parents thought my music sucked, I think your music sucks, and one day you might have kids -- and you'll think their music sucks. It's one of those circles of life."
(Added content: after she'd asked me to watch some K-Pop videos, which seem to exclusively feature boys/young men who dance while lipsyncing --and who play no instruments -- I had her watch
this.)
I agree 100%. We can go to any era of music over the last few generations and find music that lacked talent, but a ton of people liked it. I mean, "Who Let The Dogs Out" won a Grammy, fer cryin' out loud. Popularity isn't necessarily an indicator of talented musicianship, only that it excites people emotionally, in some way.
I have 2 daughters (youngest is 18), and heard my full share of music that I disliked. Thankfully, my younger daughter (who I spent a crap-load of time in the car with for her 8 years of travel softball), not only took a liking to the guitar-driven alt/grunge rock I was influenced by, but also introduced me to a lot of new alt music that I enjoy. Currently, we've both been exploring singer-songwriters with a country tilt, and my own interests have lead me to some of the outstanding musicians in the bluegrass category.
EDIT: As a mediocre musician with some live playing experience, and a recording rig set up in part of my garage, humans playing actual instruments was never foreign to my girls. My older one dabbled with singing a for a while, and one of my most awesome dad-moments was her stepping in to sing with my band at a backyard party. My younger kid poked around with the guitar and drums a bit. Unfortunately, neither really jumped all-in with music.