I feel no wrong, hide no wrong

i swore to myself id never be like this, but the older i get the old truth starts to ring louder. excepting that new music has lost itself to me. i always told myself that i would take all new music as if i were 18, like it were exciting and fresh, and never be like the cynical older people and say those dreaded words. "the new isn't as good as the old". now i know its not. not once when i was in my teens did i get the feeling that a band i have never heard of was trying to sound like someone else. but as new ideas seem to be in short supply all i can hear is the bands people want to sound like. when did pushing the envelope turn in to "only as long as its been tested and proven by someone else". the only saving grace i can see for the music industry is its total collapse. maybe then people will make art instead of making cheap copies in hopes of making money, or passing themselves off at the same type of talent.