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Two things:
1.) My hate for the pre-programmed pop that is on the charts right now meets or exceeds everyone else's.
2.) This is NOT a new phenomenon.
Everyone seems to forget when criticizing the "boy bands" and the like, that a lot of early rock stars didn't write their own material either.
Elvis, Frank Sinatra, most of Motown, Patsy Cline and many others never wrote their own songs OR played an instrument. The difference was the writing was better.
There are three different types of people in the music industry: Writers, performers and those who can do both.
Numbers in the third catergory are fewer. Keep that in mind.
Criticize the music or a bad performance when necessary, but DON'T down-play a performer just because they don't play an instument or write their own material.
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