Take a look at jazz history if you want to see ageism (and every other -ism, for better or worse) cycle again and again. In the 20's and 30's, the older generation said it was sinful and immoral and why couldn't these kids just go back to good ol' ragtime. (Answer: they just needed to be different but they'd come to their senses sooner or later and enjoy music with real emotion behind it)<p>Then in the 40's, as bebop began, the older generation said the same thing, except those in the older generation were the ones who had been criticized for playing jazz (ex. Louis Armstrong), but it was still just the younger generation wanting to be different and not having any real emotions.  And the older generation has never been 'hep' or 'hip' or 'cool' or 'down' or 'hot' or ...