Musical taste wars express a shared hatred of disobedience

Evidence

The regressive listeners are in fact destructive. The old-timer’s insult has its ironic justification; ironic, because the destructive tendencies of the regressive listeners are in truth directed against the same thing that the old-fashioned hate, against disobedience as such, unless it comes under the tolerated spontaneity of collective excesses. The seeming opposition of the generations is nowhere more transparent than in rage. The bigots who complain to the radio stations in pathetic-sadistic letters of the jazzing up of holy things and the youth who delights in such exhibitions are of one mind. It requires only the proper situation to bring them together in a united front. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 103

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships