I should dig out all the commentary on rockist vs. popist music criticism that was going around both on and offline about 2-3 years ago. You're definitely on the popist end of things. (in other words, yes, pop music does have value, even above that of 'most people like it'.)
...it's kind of like 'hard SF' vs. 'everything else', come to think of it...
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...it's kind of like 'hard SF' vs. 'everything else', come to think of it...