Rog, you are in precisely the correct age-range for this thread.
It's basically middle-aged people saying "
This modern music is all just noise, it was better in my day". It's happened since time immemorial... and it's supposed to happen.
I have a suspicion that most of the negative comments are from folks who may have a YES album and/or actually don't think Jethro Tull were dreadful.
....Waits for "
Yes, but they could all play their own instruments " type replies. (To which I must respond, "Yes..but a Wizard's Cloak and a fuckin' Flute?!!").
Vera Lynn could be a bit "shrill" but I've resisted starting a thread about her.
Adele seems a strange subject for criticism really, she's clearly talented, writes tons of her own material, and there plenty of talentless opposites to choose from.
Edit. Since Friday it seems that almost 3 million middle-aged protesters have bought Adele's new album (presumably to start a huge bonfire).
53 years old. I don't own any Adele and don't have any on my MP3 player. I do however think her live performance of
Skyfall, at the Oscars, is worth a listen.
I've never seen her lip-sync, even on important shows with big audiences, which separates her from almost all of her contemporaries.
As for Florence (of machine ownership fame), I don't really get it, but then again I don't get modern Jazz. I'm willing to accept that, given millions do, it's a problem in my music appreciation code.