Mandopop = no class????

I HAVE TO STRESS THAT WHATEVER I SAY BELOW IS NOT TARGETTING AT ANYONE OUT THERE WHAT-SO-EVER. IT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS AN ATTACK TO ANY CULTURE OR PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

went to join my pals for dinner last nite.
n i found all 4 of them in a bridal shop.
aparrently, one of my good fren is getting married pretty soon, n still have nt decide on any wedding package yet (its complicated, i shall nt elaborate here).
i like the design of the gowns n stuff. v sleek n fresh.
gals shd go n take a look. its at bugis, tan quee lan street.
anyway, we went for dinner at the indulgz (beside the bridal shop) bistro.
ok la. food taste so so. maybe i ordered the wrong combi.
i had mushrooms for my starters, soup n main course.
the tot of cream of mushroom now makes me sick.
i'm going to stay away from it for some time.

we were discussing (gossiping) abt S's wedding prep giltch when one of my fren (music director for S's wedding) said smth.
"i wun put in mandarin songs. mandopop is low class (dun hav class)"
there were 5 secs of silence b4 i said "i beg to differ"

no, its nt ur fault to think it that way. in fact, it has been around for a while.
ever since i started listening to mandarin songs in secondary sch, i had been labelled as "untrendy freak". while the whole world was singing to mariah carey's hero, i'm singing 吻别 by jacky cheung.
u can say that i'm born to b a mandopop fan. i wun hav doubts abt dat.
i DO listen to eng songs. i noe the diff between the music played by bands from UK vs US, i listen to opera as well, i went for musicals, plays, n even symphony n orchestra.
i went piano recital even.
while i dun discriminate musical cultures from other sources, i hope others dun to it as well.
y is it a fact dat alot of ppl like = low class?
lesser ppl appreciates = high class???
why?
nt fair.
yes, i muz agree dat there r some trashy stuff recently from the mandopop industry (ppl spoil mkt, like the 闪亮三姐妹，黑色会妹妹, some trashy boybands, etc.), but to rate it low class totally freaks me out.
i mean, ang mos oso produce trashy stuff rite? they oso have lousy boybands, lousy singers, etc.
if u noe ur history well, opera singers used to b despised in the early days by the rich ppl. to them, opera is low class.
look wat happen now.
opera = high class.
my pt is, the effort put in to maintain the integrity of the music culture for mandopop is nt inferior to dat of other music.
so, y r u rating it as low class?
cos everyone likes it? many ppl noes it?
WHY????
i saw on this tok show few mths ago, an uncle criticised pop as 通俗文化, thus, hav no rights to ask for expensive tix price. oni things like opera, musical, etc can charge high price.
tons of ppl tot the same, isnt it?
通俗文化? but it is still 文化, isnt it?
y muz add 通俗 in front?
chinese culture evolved many many yrs ago. shdnt we, as chinese, support?
i mean, lets take an example. from the chao ah beng of mandopop, a jay chou song (low class enuff?).
can a freaking ang mo write THESE??????

雨下整夜
我的爱溢出就像雨水
院子落叶
跟我的思念厚厚一叠
几句是非
也无法将我的热情冷却
你出现在我诗的每一页
雨下整夜我的爱溢出就像雨水
窗台蝴蝶
像诗里纷飞的美丽章节
我接着写
把永远爱你写进诗的结尾
你是我唯一想要的了解

look at the lyrics the ang mos write.
enuff say.
i told u i'm nt going to criticise.

mandopop helps me relate things. mandopop helps me think. mandopop understands hw i feel. mandopop makes me a better person.
yes, u may say classical music (ang mo music) can do the same.
agree. (although it makes me sleep sometimes)
so, since both hav similar functions, y mandopop = low class?
cos they can relate?
forget it.
this can go on forever.
enuff already.
madopop is NOT low class, is juz nt ur cup of tea.
i tot i say enuff already.
maybe i'm juz a LOW CLASS person as well.
tsk.
ENUFF ALREADY.