There always was mainstream music, the things most people call old school now was mainstream in their Era, everything that got major exposure was once mainstream.. So it's normal for mainstream music to appeal, it's what is trendy during that Era and everything has it's own goods and bads.. Time just changed, and we reached a time where producers and computers do a lot more (which is still some pretty hard work that requires patience) and we lost the "artists" that actually did alot themselves. Ofcourse, money is also to blame for this and the business. But who knows, maybe in 20 years time we'll be listening to a new trend that we do like. But to argue about this is stupid, cause every generation will call the new one mainstream and think that their generation is "underground" all of a sudden.. When the truth is, 20 years ago they were being called mainstream by those that were young 50 years ago, and that's when they still liked their mainstream music.
So the point is, unless you only like a band from your hometown that no one knows about. You still like mainstream music. All of you, all of us. Correct me if i'm wrong though..
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