I wasn't bashing pop, why in the hell would i defend Michael Jackson then?.... Add to the fact that the guy in my avatar has pretty much played for every pop artist in existance, including Cher.
I just consider it an annoying thrait to go brag about your superior tastes in music when your second most listened to artist is some annoying whore who substitutes her lack of singing talent with throat noises, shaking her oversized posterior and wearing AC/DC and Yes shirts (probably given to her by her record company) in a ill-fated attempt to win over a rock audiance, its like when Don compared Television to Canibal Corpse.