Quote Originally Posted by CCFC CASUAL View Post
Is fashion and music linked anymore? I'm not so sure tbh. Fashions change far more regular than musical tastes.
I think that's part of the the point the OP is making. Some musical genres had a wider significance in terms of fashion and politics (small P). Hippies, mods, skins, punks, 2 tone, baggy, house... There are obviously musical genres still being born and dying but that more general cultural movement hasn't happened recently. Or perhaps it has and I haven't noticed. But as someone else said above, older people were certainly aware of the above genres because they were more than just a style of music.