Originally Posted By: JohnJohnJohn
Originally Posted By: Ember - PG Music
It seems to be a general consensus that top 40 music isn't very popular here on the forums

I think the responses you are seeing show this is not correct. There are always some folks who crap on anything they don't personally like or appreciate but, while loud, they are also typically a minority.

That, or it's really easy to forget the good songs that are in the mix. This is just speculation really, but I think people have a tendency to have more knee-jerk reactions to the things they don't like, and more easily remember bad experiences. So while there may be plenty of good or catchy music in the Top 40, people may be more likely to make blanket statements about how much they dislike it because they recall all the things they dislike first. Which was part of the reason why I decided to start the thread as well. Stopping long enough to contemplating what songs in the Top 40 have merit or bring personal enjoyment can take that generally negative thinking and put a bit of a positive spin on it.

Of course, that's just my thoughts on the matter. Even I do it -- I say I don't like the top 40 -- but reading over people's comments and songs they've been linking, I realize there's way more songs then I remembered that have been hits on the charts that I do like, to some degree.

It's just easy to forget the good sometimes.

Cheers,
Ember