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Originally Posted by SouthernTrendkill
Haha. Spouting some unexplained academic reference doesn't help your point.
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One of the greatest philosophers of the last 200 years is an "unexplained academic reference"?
I'm not saying that I'm the ultimate authority on what music has artistic merit, but I still fail to see how there is any correlation between popularity and quality. Most people hear nothing other than what they are force-fed on commercial radio, maybe 2% of the entire music spectrum. So yes, most people have no valid opinion on what constitutes artistically meritorious music.
Look at metal for example. What are the most commercially successful (ie popular) metal bands? Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, crappy metalcore bands, Pantera, Trivium, CoB, etc etc. In no way are they even close to being the best metal bands, let alone moderately good ones.