Are you finding out how NOT objective the public's taste is, and how EVERY subjective it is :-)
For instance, Time Out, and Kind of Blue are not that great (I do have them in my collection). Just popularly thought of in that way. There has always been a cultural phenomenon about what is selected by the public to be revered. It never makes any sense. The phenomenon is just accepted, especially by marketers.
Like the Mona Lisa. If that painting is so great, why is it that forgers create copies so close to the original that it take lasers, xray, and chemical analysis to determine the forgery from the original. It is almost superstitious. One guy made one painting and it is somehow superior to ALL others?
Kind of Blue is one of the first attempts at model structure. By a guy who was already accepted by the public as the jazz authority. I am sure many other virtuoso artists did not agree that he should singularly hold that title.
A classical DJ did a special feature on his show. He played examples of some of the very best performances ever recorded. He played artists who were, for one reason or another (appearance?), never accepted by the public for their superior talent.
Have you ever heard of Nina Simone? Who sang better? How about 'Eddie who?'...Eddie Harris. He said, 'if I don't have the chops, come and blow me off the stage. But no one ever does. Yet I am thought of as not so good a player.'
Beethoven and Mozart both had trouble with public acceptance. Check out the movie 'Amadeus'. It tells this story.
You may as well just give in to your own subjectivity and select music that touches you in some special way when listening to the radio.
You will never get a straight response, or a rational view, from the public. At one memorable moment in history the Dutch were paying a small fortune for a tulip bulb.
Though they do make very good employees, voters, and customers, and are made good use of by those who want to rise above it all. (Bill Gates? He did not create anything. He purchased DOS from a couple of guys you created in their garage, went to IBM, and the rest is history :-)
Be yourself. Its the best you can do.
