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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The furor and praise that Ryan Adam's 1989 cover album has gotten have raised a lot of questions about why we, as a culture, seem to automatically dismiss the Biebers, One Directions, and Taylor Swifts of the world- on the basis of the fact that teenage girls are their fanbase. I think this is a good read for any parent of a teenager: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/881-pop-music-teenage-girls-and-the-legitimacy-of-fandom/[/quote] We "as a culture?" OP, Justin Bieber, One Direction, and Taylor Swift are part of [b]POP[/b] culture. Nobody's "dismissing" them. And the teenyboppers have made all of them gobs and gobs of money, so they are hardly marginalized. I also don't know who Ryan Adams is. When I first read your post, I thought you were talking about [img]http://www.thenextshow.com/hindsite/FpDbs/AlbumCovers/BryanAdamsReckless.jpg[/img][/quote]
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