Exactly. There is NO original music anymore (at least it tends to be fairly rare). All the Britney clones, and hip-hop clones... And it's all bubble-gum pop, created by a bunch of paid "songwriters" in the big studios to write for the "idols". Are we ever gonna see stars that write their own music anymore? Music that has meaning and just isn't about angst and sex and Me-Me-Me?
They said the same thing about the Monkees.
Then again the same thing could be said about Mowtown (studio musicians backing up a pop singer who is singing a song written for him/her by someone else).
If you look to the Pop Music scene you will likely find that to be true.
There is a ton of original music being pumped out...just not Pop Music. Listen to a group called "Jamiroquai" sometime. Remember "Virtual Insanity"? Very original.
The band "Nickel Creek" is also very good at original compositions.