Why does Calvin Harris get so much stick?

Is the Scottish superstar DJ-producer merely riding David Guetta's ravey train or a homegrown pop giant we should be proud of?When Calvin Harris jumped onstage with a pineapple on his head and Jedward in his sights, Simon Cowell dismissed him as a joke. But three years later, it's Harris who has The X Factor. Critics and bores may deride him as the one-beat-fits-all producer who's ruined the Top 40, complaining he's turned pop music into identikit mush and generally spoiled things for everyone, ...

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