I remember reading this thread a while back when it was fresh, really liked the original post. I still can't give an intelligible answer for what constitutes good or bad music. I would probably pull a Socrates and say it has some kind of form or alignment with the soul. In order to answer this "good" or "bad" music question, you have to define what pleasure is first, I think. An objective form for pleasure that can be used as a standard for music. I don't know that there is one.
Captain Badass wrote...
Without music, shit is boring.
Like math class for example. Without music it sucks, but pop in some skullcandy's, and all of the sudden MATH IS A BLAST!
I used to do this all the time in middle school and high school.