There’s always a tendency for people to defend their own eras. We see it musically with people from the ‘60s swearing that their music was the best. A lot of it will be around for a very long time, but no one - no one - is pining for the next Big Rubber Ball or more Strawberry Alarm Clock. There was some god-awful music that generation is responsible for.
Baseball fans of a certain age swear by Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio. Some movie fans swear that Marilyn Monroe is the ultimate sex symbol but a thousand flowers have blossomed since in an era when we can more honestly be ourselves.