Why is modern pop music today so terrible?

I imagine if he were alive today, JSB would be deep into EDM.

You have a broken imagination .

C'mon, just picture a time-traveling Bach landing in some club with molly.

Surprisingly, I always liked Bach. Puts me to sleep easily, though. There were others in his time, however, don't remember the names. I heard their music too, Bach was better, to my mind.

Sir Sly - Don't You Worry, Honey
I think that's a great modern indie-pop LP.
If you haven't listened to it already, give it a whirl; might give you some hope for modern pop and the direction it's heading.
Also: Paramore - After Laughter
That's a little pop as well, but not an awful lot, it's pretty quirky :)