If they ever get around to making 'Moaning in the Rain' I'll bet you'd love it, Steve 
I find it quite odd this dismissal of art forms so easily. The dismissal seems to be based on nothing more than personal preference.
I, myself, am not that keen on opera or for that matter, hip hop, but I wouldn't dismiss people as stupid based on my personal preferences. I am aware that some people who are far from stupid like, indeed love opera.
My old music teacher, a wise man called Mr Neaum, said you couldn't categorise classical music as heavyweight and therefore good, and pop(ular) music as lightweight and therefore less good. He thought all forms of music had their place, and that to be sure there is good and bad within each form, but that on a matter so subjective as music it is sensible not to categorise, or even judge, rigidly.
He didn't like much pop music, but thought that "Jambalaya" by The Carpenters was magnificent. I never quite understood that, as it is in my mind one of their weaker tracks, but doesn't that just go to prove his point.
