I never saw how 'A wop bop a loo bop, a lop bam boo!' was exactly leading THAT generation forward musically OR linguistically Or 'Inna gada da vida', or 'Yummy, yummy, yummy, I've got love in my tummy'!

Personally, I don't see THAT much 'dumbing down'...

I reckon we were pretty much all dumb to start with! The kids merely have a different way of expressing that 'dumbness'

'Hope I die before I get old'....