I see your point. (I personally think their goodness is due to raw music. They produced very high-quality stuff.) But people vary in their inclination/ability

I see your point. (I personally think their goodness is due to raw music. They produced very high-quality stuff.) But people vary in their inclination/ability to appreciate music and other such art. Some consume music. Others consume music + story. This makes me think of bad rap. Rap is basically music that markets its own story right there in the song. If you like the story then you will turn a blind ear to the bad music. I think this happens a lot. Also, maybe the consumption of stories comes more naturally to people than the consumption of sights and sounds. Maybe it's easier. Also, another speculation, maybe digital music goes down rougher than analog. Maybe there is an unconscious difficulty there, like it hurts our throat to swallow it. Which has made modern digital music less appealing relative to stories.