What country still has music?

"The fact that you might not have the tenacity, balls, talent or will power has nothing to do with it. "

That's usually what it takes!

Hmm, something to tenacity perhaps, but there is ZERO dicernable talent involved in pop music.

" but there is ZERO dicernable talent involved in pop music"

musical talent need only be solid and not outstanding to be successful in pop music. There are other kinds of talents involved as well that go into making someone appealing to the masses, which is what pop culture is all about, along with the $$$s that go along with it.

Some of the best modern tunes ever done were pop. Remember Burt Bacharach, Dion Warwick,LULU, Jackie Dushannon to name a few? Scores of others without whom it would have been an entirely different landscape. No where near as fun.

Oh yeah, the minute I heard Bacharach I went off Bach for a year. It is a matter of taste of course, good taste and bad taste.