Originally Posted by Fmeh

Okay--the post I made didn't go through, and I already deleted the wordpad file.....

Well, I basically said that the only music that generally becomes popular in any genre (except Jazz, which is usually inherently complex) is simplistic because it's the lowest common denominator. Simple rock, simple country, simple rap, simple r&b, simple hip-hop, simple accoustic music. When things start becoming too "artistic", the musically simple-minded get turned off.