I said people, not the majority of people. My point being that sometimes I get the feeling people just hate things because they're popular. And if something's popular it can't be good.
Major misconception.
It depends. I like Jimi Hendrix and consider him the best gutiarist, I am far from alone. However in my school it's almost as if Hendrix is an underground musician in terms of popularity.
I think music gets more shallow as time goes on in terms of popularity because of the way generations are changing. We went from Aretha Franklin to Britney Spears.