These old songs contain magic
They certainly do and I love them and cannot really live without them. At the same time some of the modern songwriters ring the bell for me so clearly that sometimes I feel that they are speaking directly to me.
There is a lot of disagreement about who first said There are two Kinds of Fools: One says "This Is Old, Therefore It Is Good." The other says, "This Is New, Therefore It Is Better." J-J Rousseau? William Ralph Inge? John Brunner? Bishop of Ripon? It doesn't really matter who said it. All that matters is that we don't end up looking foolish and we let both live side by side.