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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
You can approach things however you see fit but if you can't intrinsically enjoy a good popular melody or solid guitar hook that's a deficiency so profound it might as well be called aesthetic autism...
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I completely understand the point you're making, however my aim is not to learn how to like the music itself. I have a deep psychological rejection of pop and most rock music, likely stemming from the fact that I associate those genres with the simpleton classmates from my formative years who made my life a living hell. All that aside, my aim is to learn to understand, despite my distaste for it, that commercial music still has value for its intended audience.
If I can develop that sort of contextual appreciation, I might be a little less pretentious about my own preferred music.