Does anyone else think that Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, etc, should just  

Good point! I'm open-minded, like you, and of course, every one is entitled to their own opinion.

As a matter of fact, I do. Ever listened to Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Elvis, The Ramones, The Clash, Social Distortion? The Doors, Billy Joel, Chuck Berry, Queen, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Waits? Or let's go even farther back. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin?

Listen to that and then tell me that anything dear Miley Cyrus has ever produced qualifies as art in anyway.

And how does calling what I view as garbage make me garbage? Ever hear of the saying one man's trash is another man's treasure? I understand that people like that kind of music. I'm not saying you can't. I just think it's trash.

trash?bullshi.what you wanna get to say that.don't pretend to have taste.by the way,wher you from? THE mars?

Do you honestly know anything about music? Name one fact about any of the bands or composers I listed above. And stop swearing at me. Is that really necessary? We're having a discussion, not acting like idiot adolescents. I don't pretend I have taste - I know I do. In fact my tastes are ridiculously broad. I like bands from every genre, every generation.

And I can spell and type, if we're going to be petty about it.

enough .you win

As for where I am from, I'm from the USA, thank you very much. Where are you from? And please, tell me, what do you think is music? What's your favorite band?

And no, I'm not being hostile. I'm asking because I want to know.

No, I don't remember, unfortunately. I am only eighteen, so I haven't experienced what the mainstream used to be. All I know is that today's mainstream is especially terrible. From the nineties up, after grunge essentially killed anything good that was mainstream, it sets a standard of mediocrity for itself.

You are right. People have the choice to listen to whatever they so choose to and purchase whatever they so choose to, but it just disappointments that there are so many people who choose to remain ignorant of the broad spectrum of music and just take whatever the media spoonfeeds to them as to be 'good'.

Thanks for your comment.

what the hell/ kind of ridiculous

What the hell what? What part didn't you understand? What's ridiculous about it?

Exactly what I'm saying. I'm glad someone else sees it that way. Of course, there is always going to be those musicians who bring a bad name to the rest of the musical industry, but it seems to be especially bad lately.

Another valid point that I don't think was brought up, and it is so true. I know so many people with more musical talent than these terrible mainstream artists. Granted, not all mainstream musicians lack musical ability, but it seems to me that these Disney 'princesses' just take the cake for bad music.