The Death of Pop

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The Death of Pop

Postby The Non-Professional » Sat Dec 07, 2002 4:09 pm

What do YOU think about the death of Pop Music :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :wink: :roll: :twisted: :? 8)
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Postby Cardinal.jpg » Sat Dec 07, 2002 6:45 pm

It will never happen.
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Postby Chaos Angel » Sat Dec 07, 2002 6:49 pm

Pop music will never die. I say this not because I like what is currently pop, but because it is a fact. Pop, short for POPular, is any genre of music that is preferred by the mainstream audiences. The name pop is associated with a certain (sucky) style of music, but by definition, it will never die because pop is whatever is liked by the most people. If the majority of people who listened to the radio listened to speed metal, that would be pop. Current pop music is, I believe, a combination of the dance and the electronic genres. It is just called pop because it is popular. Jag Panzer would be pop if the majority of people in the country listened to them.

However, I will say that the current pop music does suck. I very infrequently listen to the radio anymore really. Even the rock stations do little for me. I prefer what I find on my own by P2Ps. I generally by CDs based off of what I've downloaded and liked.
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Postby Sushi2 » Sat Dec 07, 2002 7:30 pm

I agree with Choas Angel. Pop music is able to gain inspiration from a varity of music genres....and still remain pop, it is able to cross musical boundries when done right. Such as Justin Timberland with songs like "Like I love you" I think its called, which has an RnB feel to it and still considered pop music
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Postby Brolli411 » Sat Dec 07, 2002 8:09 pm

Like Chaos Angel says, Pop is short for popular, thus the only way for it to die out, is for music itself to die out.
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Re: The Death of Pop

Postby tamashii » Sat Dec 07, 2002 9:01 pm

The Non-Professional wrote:What do YOU think about the death of Pop Music :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :wink: :roll: :twisted: :? 8)


Yea, no wait pop will never die bohoo :cry:
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Postby Projekt[Navi] » Sat Dec 07, 2002 9:26 pm

Pop never dies!!!!!!!!! :twisted:
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Postby NPC3000 » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:14 am

Chaos Angel wrote:I will say that the current pop music does suck.


Not absolutely ALL of it sucks.........but yes, at least 90% of it does suck and I don't care to defend artists, better to avoid getting into an argument.
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Postby MistyCaldwell » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:39 am

I think the main reason a lot of music currently is so shallow and even considered popular is because it's so overplayed. If you only give people a choice of one pile of junk over another...what will they pick? Think of it like a school lunch menu :? where you'll find something to like just because you have to eat something.

Of course, there are the rare times something good comes along in the popular catagory. But even then, the good stuff gets overplayed to the point even it becomes annoying.

To me, it seems music is more becoming about who looks good on camera. As if radio needs a pretty face :roll: but then you have album covers, tours, and the biggest part of getting big in the music biz: the music video. I think that is complete opposite of what it should be.

Not that all old music was great, but look at some of the artists from the age before music video. They weren't model material, but they had talent and could actually pick up a musical instrument and play it. I find it hard to call today's singers musicians at all.

Yeah, the voices of the current 'artists' aren't bad. But they don't sound any different to me than the person who got chosen to sing at your high school prom because they could hold a tune...but they really weren't anything special.

I don't listen to the radio much at all anymore. I just can't find anything worth it since most stations have a playlist consisting of 100 songs at most. That makes for a really crappy rotation. Thanks to amvs, I actually have a great way to find obscure but great musicians (not just singers or dancers :roll: ) other than word of mouth.

Living in a college town, there are two really good used music stores uptown that have a good variety and cheap. It was and still is a guessing game for the most part when I look for new sounds. I wish more people would try thinking for themselves when it came to music tastes.

I know everyone who listens to the radio chooses to do so, but they have no idea about the vast amount of talent just beyond the fringe of popular music. I never did find 'popular' to be another word for 'good'.

Perhaps if the music industry and giant label holders keep losing money to file swapping, they can learn a thing or two about music over sheer promotion and image.
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Postby kthulhu » Sun Dec 08, 2002 3:42 am

The problem with a lot of pop music today: it's more about emotional lyrics or being "kickass" and less about the sound. It's no fun. Look at DDR, for instance. Most of the music in the game is keyboard driven dance music that isn't serious or "deep". And that is one of the main reasons it's so fun, in my opinion.

Another thing, too, is the lack of diversity on popular radio. It's either one or the other girl pop idol, one or the other boy band, maybe three "deeply emotional" bands, and a small group of R & B singers. Randomize and repeat every hour, and very slowly let the replacements in.

There's a reason I don't pay attention to new, mainstream music, and that's because most of it is dull and redundant.
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Postby The_Squall » Sun Dec 08, 2002 9:19 am

pop is a immortal fiend.

At least they don't have their own clothes lines like some other artists. Or are like the Idol groups in Japan, they have their own soda!

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Postby Freako » Sun Dec 08, 2002 12:10 pm

yes ... unfortunatly i have to agree with these drones. pop will never die . BUT look on the bright side , those of us that are not sucked into its catchy hooks ... and boring and predictable subject matters, can still decide to not listen . There are millions of un-pop bands, genres, and fortunatly , because of the internet, millions of ways to get them.

think of Pop as kind of like that cousin you cant stand . Yeah .. every once in a while you run into him at a family event , but if you choose to ... you dont have to see him on a regular basis.

btw.. the king of pop is a child molestoring murderer, who thinks that if he gets bit by spiders enough he will turn into spiderman. What does that tell you?

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Postby Aetherfukz » Sun Dec 08, 2002 12:11 pm

I hope Pop will die someday! :twisted:
I mean, it's only Pop(ular) because most people listen to it, and they do it just because it is made to be popular. Heck, those "artists" don't even write their own songs! :evil: They just do a little sing-along for every line they get written by some unknown (but talented) Ghostwriter. I would appreciate it much more, if the unknown Ghostwriter would do the singin, even if (s)he can't sing well. That way Pop would earn my Respect. But not the way it is right now, just some other mainstream thingy. Oh how I hate that!

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Postby MistyCaldwell » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:15 pm

I don't bother to hate the music I can't stand because I don't have to listen to it. I don't hate any of the boy/girl bands or angsty filled new rock groups because I won't give them any of my time.

There is no law anyone has to listen to pop music. It does take some effort to go out and find your own tastes though. Not too much, since more than a few amv creators here have a nice wide variety of good tastes ^_^
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Postby Flint the Dwarf » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:47 pm

MistyCaldwell wrote:Not that all old music was great, but look at some of the artists from the age before music video. They weren't model material, but they had talent and could actually pick up a musical instrument and play it. I find it hard to call today's singers musicians at all.


Indeed. Radio has become so useless to me. It's gotten to the point where singing isn't even musical on the radio. And the music that they sing to sucks. I mean, even look back at the 80s. And Madonna was rising. I compare Madonna to today's pop, and they totally contrast. Madonna has a voice. Not a bad one either, look at "Frozen." But... grah. Pop = evil.

After a while, I got sick of everything. So I switched to classical music channels. But then, the people talk in this extremely dull voice for 30 minutes in between each song.

So about pop. No, it won't die. It's transient but it will never leave. It's static, but always changing. And I think what I've decided is this: once something becomes popular and over-played, I will most likely cease to like it despite how good it used to be. The reason being that the reason it was good is now tainted by popular interpretation. The majority of society ("pop" society) will cling to music for nearly the complete opposite reason that I would.
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