The Death of Pop

[The Non-Professional]

What do YOU think about the death of Pop Music 8)

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It will never happen.

[Chaos Angel]

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.

[Sushi2]

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

[Brolli411]

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.

[tamashii]

What do YOU think about the death of Pop Music 8)

Yea, no wait pop will never die bohoo

[Projekt[Navi]]

Pop never dies!!!!!!!!!

[NPC3000]

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.

[MistyCaldwell]

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 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 ) 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.

[kthulhu]

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.