It depends which young people you talk to. Pop music today usually includes a lot of theatrics, but not necessarily. Music with insightful lyrics and beautiful music, or just damned good songs, have always been somewhat separate from 'flash' music. (I am NOT going to use the 'F' word! It's not the genre, it's the presentation.) There is music around today which is about the music, not the show. There were also people around 'back in the day' who wanted theatrics. I seem to recall a friend talking about convincing another friend to go see Simon & Garfunkel back in the 70's. I heard the review - something like: "The music was ok, I guess, but they just stood there. I saw the Rolling Stones last month, and now THAT was a show! Nobody, but NOBODY is better than Mick Jagger!" Does this sound familiar to anybody?

There's going to be a problem when anyone who just doesn't like a certain type of thing, whether it's music, a movie, a book, etc., winds up reviewing it. There are kids around who would have liked it.