Completely agreed. If I wanted to get more into emo or pop-music-that-pretends-its-country, I know there are individuals 'round these parts I could turn to, and I'll take your recommendation to look for whistlelake's posts.
That being said, the fun thing about people having an irrational hatred is that its possible to overcome it with the right band...sometimes even just the right song. If people hate genres of music for specific reasons that there's no way to work around (not liking instrumental wankery, longer songs, harsher vocals, etc.), that's probably more of a challenge since those folks wouldn't have any patience for the music to begin with.
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