I think it's very interesting that people are able to honestly enjoy Nickelback and Top 40 music and some people aren't. That is infinitely more interesting than discussing the actual musical quality. The same thing goes for all entertainment as well -- some people love Independence Day and Armageddon and crappy movies like that and honestly think they are absolute blockbuster movies and cry during them, yet some people only cringe during them and want to walk out of the theater.
The psychological, mental, even physiological effect that entertainment has on people has to be attributed to something...the way we're brought up, our lifestyle, our age? There's no telling. Whatever it is, it allows some people to love Top 40, and some people to want to pull their hair out when they listen to it, and no, the reason isn't simply because it's Top 40.
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