Where is the love?

Did the music 'industry' ever really love music or did they only ever love the money they could make off of impressionable teenagers? When you think about the bubblegum pop movement of the late 90s, it's pretty clear that most of these acts weren't signed because they had astounding talent, they were signed because the industry saw a trend catching on and knew they could make some fast money! Now, the labels are so desperate, they will apparently sign anything with a heartbeat and a MySpace page. The internet, if you haven't noticed, is working kinda how the radio used to work for us old-schoolers, the more friends aka "spins" you have, the easier it is for people to brand you the 'next big thing'. and, much like the radio, sometimes, it's so IN YOUR FACE, constantly repeated day and night until it becomes something you can't escape, you end up feeling like you have no choice but to listen. How else do you explain 'Metro Station'? in place of the bubblegum movement, we are now in the internet movement. i know a lot of times we will look back at what we 'used' to listen to and realize that some of it was barely even in our control. for instance, why did i ever enjoy Sclub7? i couldn't tell you now what made me like them back then. however, ask anyone who loves, for instance, Journey, why they loved Journey back in the day and they could probably list off 100 reasons. there's a lot of music i probably loveee right now that I'm going to look back on and wonder 'WTF?'. there's also music currently that makes me think 'WTF' already! i dont understand the music business anymore. it's all over the place, nothing's consistent. talented bands get dropped while the millionaires get signed... its like a circus!!!!