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It really annoys me when people who play in bands criticize pop acts for reasons like pop bands don't play and write their own music, and thus it is wrong for them to have so much popularity and money.

I understand how horrible it is if some one wrote his/her heart out on a piece of music and then lost to some cheesy buble gum pop song. But you shouldn't look down on pop bands just because they don't have any musical input. Writing a great song is hard, but so is making a song popular by performance. If any one saw any pop artiste' s concert, you would know it is extremely demanding to sing and dance, and not to mention the amount of time and training people put in to promote and to perform.

i love rock music but i don't think 90s pop should be deemed 'shameful' to be associated with while rock( for example) is the better choice because there is no superiority or inferiority in music. There is just so much prejudice and stereotypes in music just like in society. Sigh...

also, i disagree to someone's comment regarding boy bands saw fans just as a mean to earn money. It is a horrible stereotype. Just because they packaged themselves in ways that would appeal to the public, and earned money out of it doesn't give that relationship.

I think boy bands care more about the fans than rock bands, and not only for the money. Comparing BSB and Oasis on stage, who do you think care about their fans? BSB who did their absolute best or Oasis who doesn't even bother to look at their fans? By the way, Oasis makes a lot of money(from fan products like t-shirts etc) from the fans too.