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I think mainstream music has always been pretty bad -- the Nirvanas and the Beatles of the world are definitely not the norm -- it's just that when you're younger you don't realize it. Your tastes are a little less refined.
And I think that anybody who's complaining about the state of mainstream music today is pretty uneducated. Does anybody remember the pop wasteland in the early/mid '90s, post-NKOTB, pre-Spice Girls era? Now that was sad. Compared to that, mainstream music today is fantastic. And actually, I think that in general, mainstream music today isn't that bad. There's a lot more variety than I can remember having at any point during the 1990s.
Also, I think it's sad when people complain about mainstream music being bad. So you don't like Britney and the Strokes? So what? Especially today when it's so easy to download music, there's no excuse for not looking past the mainstream and finding good stuff, because there is a lot of it out there in every category from salsa to indie-pop. I think those who complain about mainstream music being so bad are just too lazy to go find some good music by themselves.
And I ditto Munchkin -- the Pixies and the Strokes in the same breath? What is this girl thinking?
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