Well, the music has pretty distinct characteristics that separate it from Western music as I had explained before (Western uses equal temperament and the chromatic scale, Eastern uses notes between the accepted notes of Western music). That distinction doesn't seep into other areas of Eastern vs Western culture, as film, literature, etc. since those things are different from one another in their own ways, while what I mentioned is strictly under the music parameters. While those differences can be explained through the taste of the public, I feel like musically they are extremely different from one another (although the Internet is erasing that, for the better imo).
My original point is that familiarity drives what you enjoy and what you don't. Different things inspire that sense of familiarity, but they're still there and often times work below the conscious level. Think about it, have you ever thought "I enjoy this track because my father was poor when I was twelve and I can relate to the status of the artist and I enjoy this style of music because it represents my lifestyle." Of course not, because I believe that music appreciation is something primitive and almost instinctual until we start to dig down into it on forums with a bunch of elitist *******s. Something foreign like a raga may not sound as pleasing or recognizable as a good song to you as (I know very little of what you like so bear with me) as Michael Jackson, and the opposite would likely be true if you grew up being exposed to the quarter tone approach that a lot of Eastern artists during your childhood instead of what you already experienced. So while you might not like the more old school things that your parents listened to, you still can find a home in Western sounds through EDM and things like that, much like how a lot of Indian kids don't give a **** about Ravi Shankar, but still enjoy pop and dance music that employs a lot of his techniques while still being very much it's own thing.
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