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Originally Posted by angel_from_your_nightmare
I think it's really hard to define what is good and bad music. Even radio pop does have merit as someone did write the tune, music, words and so on which although annoying and not to my liking, does take talent.
I draw lines with my music in the regard that it has to have meaning for me. I need to see value in the words and the music to truly appreciate it. I am guilty of sticking in pop-(name your genre) from time to time as it's easy to listen to when you don't want to think but when it comes down to it, I need reason, heart, meaning, truth, etc. in my music. I guess that's why I love U2 and Johnny Cash so much.
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I like how you think. I hadn't posted on this thread thinking it was too negative. Couples of years back I would have said "RAP AND POP STINK!" but I've come to realise that if I didn't get into rap was mostly because as a middle class white girl with a Scandinavian background, the MTVesque genre of rap wasn't quite presenting realities I could associate with, I still don't listen to it, but it doesn't mean I can't appreciate its artistic merit. As for pop, I've managed to reduce my hatred of it according to individual vocalists who can't be bothered to learn an instrument, all sound the same and don't even write their own songs.