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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Who says it's crap though? I mean I'm not not some huge fan but why is it that you or I get to decide that what is popular sucks? I've never quite understood that dynamic. I've fallen victim to it before. I used to be a devout DMB hater because it was the "popular" thing to like them. Now I pretty much love their stuff. Sorta funny I guess.

You and I don't really get to decide what's popular and what's not. IF that was the case, top 40 radio stations would have much more of a variety of music than what it does. I mean, I listened to a local top 40 station one morning, and I heard three to four of the same songs played every hour! The same artists played every hour, multiple times within one hour. The playlists are approved by the company that owns the radio stations, so these playlists are already "together" by the time it hits the stations I think. I'm saying all of that to say that the record companies really control what is considered "popular" or not, and if it's played over and over enough, it's been proven that people will gravitate to it more than anything else.

It's sad, but there is a huge amount of awesome music, of all types and genres, being flat out ignored by top 40 radio. I come from the AOR/hard melodic rock era, and there are so many great, talented bands in this genre that have put out some great music, catchy tunes, very commercial sounding stuff that probably everybody would like, but it doesn't get radio airplay. The same can be said for new alternative music, old school rap, new wave, etc...but it all gets ignored because we're fed a heavy dose of Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, Rihanna, and Adele every hour on the hour. Don't get me wrong, I'm not necessarily bagging on these artists (well, maybe Justin Beiber cuz I just don't like him) but I'm so sick of hearing them over and over again!

I am soooo glad the internet has allowed us the chance to access music we like without the need of radio!