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Originally Posted by Flames09
...because you said so????? may not be your type of music but doesn't mean it's not music at all.  |
It is music made by committee, with an eye on marketability over vision, and process over inspiration. People like it precisely because it means nothing, you don't have to know anything about music to enjoy it, it is a musical Wendy's burger, something to be consumed and forgotten.
It *is* music, but not good music, just like the Gap billboard is, technically, art - but not good art and certainly nowhere near great. I don't care if you do like it, listen to whatever you want and enjoy it without my permission or anybody else's - I just cannot agree with anyone who claims it is GOOD music, and that this opinion is as valid as anyone else's.
I like Wendy's, but I don't claim that I know as much as the gourmets, and that it is actually GOOD food. I like action films, but I'm not a film critic and I don't think they should win Oscars. I read Stephen King, but I'm not a literature maven and I don't see any Pulitzers in his future. Go ahead and listen to JT, but don't expect me to take any argument that he doesn't suck seriously, because, as someone who DOES know something about music, you can take it from me that he does.