The funny thing about all this is, I have, for lack of a better term, a total boner for Top 40 hits and the process of making pop music. Some of my friends give me crap for it or just don't understand it, but I feel like I've pulled a full 360, from loving it without understanding the process, to rebelling against it with punk, to getting over punk and easing into indie, to reaching for indie's roots in classic folk and rock, to going back to pop music and appreciating on a much higher level. Sure, most of the artists don't write their own songs anymore, but someone does, and that someone is a lot richer than you.