Jim, I would totally agree with that - there's no need to dismiss a musical form because one doesn't happen to like it, and that kind of sneering is just stupid. Live and let live.

Dick, you're not getting the point. You don't have to have a jot of interest in Cliff Richard, or the people who like Cliff Richard - or Nic Jones, or the people who like Nic Jones. Neither of those performers may interest some people - but there's no need to be pejorative about it. Accept that all music has some meaning somewhere and let people have their fun - after all, you don't have to listen to it if you don't want to.