I'm not posting this here for more likes, rather for more exposure, as it is something I think many would appreciate but I buried it in Randomex's Randomness thread...
These are the words of the ריטב"א in Rosh Hashanah (IIRC daf 33b)
The Ritv"a is essentially saying that music that a previous generation may have enjoyed can be depressing to us. (Basically, that music styles legitimately change over time.)
Background: The Ritv"a is answering a basic question in Rosh Hashanah.
The requirement of Shofar is to blow three 'yevavos', each predicated and followed by a tekiyah. However, there is a machlokes what a 'yevava' is, with some saying it's a shevarim, and some saying it's a teruah. Thus, we blow both shevarim, teruah, and shevarim-teruah.
Asks the Ritv"a, how did this machlokes ever manifest? Why couldn't everyone hear what their father did, and just do the same? Was there ever a gap in history of shofer blowing? (A similar question is asked about tefillin -how did the machlokes Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam ever manifest, why couldn't Rashi open his father's tefillin?)
The Ritv"a answers with the above excerpt. The requirement is to blow a 'yevava,' a wail. But the way people wail - just like taste in music - changes over time. Thus, even though our grandfathers may have cried as a shevarim, maybe today's generation cries as a teruah. Thus the minhag is to blow the way we do.