What happened to music?

[Maniac Craniac]

I do think it would probably still sell because there are people with bad taste everywhere.

Indeed. Two years ago, it was the Jonas Brothers and now it is Justin Bieber. People will buy anything, so long as someone else claims to like it.

I would, however, add the seemingly benign Justin Bieber into the category of trash music, since his lyrics re: love are so superficial that they may actually be harmful to young people's perception of relationships. If you don't believe me, just read them yourself.

Saw so many pretty faces before I saw you you
Now all I see is you
I'm coming for you (I'm coming for you)
Noo No
Don't need these other pretty faces like I need you
And when you’re mine in the world
There's gonna be one less lonely girl

A thousand years from now, some bright young doctoral candidate will write a dissertation exploring literary parallels between "Lonely Girl" and Homer's Ilead.