by pah68 » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:26 pm
Is it really? The popular use of the word Pop when refering to music in the last 4 or 5 decades is generally music 'of the moment', fashion music. Usually music that appeals to a youthful demographic in that era.
We all know what the word Pop means, but like many words in the English language it's been hijacked to mean something else.
Big Band in the 40's might have been "popular music" but now I bet if you asked 100 people what they thought Pop music was, you are sure to get a lot of variation but very few people would include Big Band. You'll get more people argue that some forms of Country are Pop, but how many out of 100 random people would that include? Shania Twain is an example of an Artist that might be classified either way. But generally Country music is Country Music.
Nowadays the lines are blurred between genres, hence the eternal struggle of those who wish to accurately classify their huge music collections.
I'll bet there will be a stack of you who will disagree with me, but let the discussion begin......again.
Is it really? The popular use of the word Pop when refering to music in the last 4 or 5 decades is generally music 'of the moment', fashion music. Usually music that appeals to a youthful demographic in that era.
We all know what the word Pop means, but like many words in the English language it's been hijacked to mean something else.
Big Band in the 40's might have been "popular music" but now I bet if you asked 100 people what they thought Pop music was, you are sure to get a lot of variation but very few people would include Big Band. You'll get more people argue that some forms of Country are Pop, but how many out of 100 random people would that include? Shania Twain is an example of an Artist that might be classified either way. But generally Country music is Country Music.
Nowadays the lines are blurred between genres, hence the eternal struggle of those who wish to accurately classify their huge music collections.
I'll bet there will be a stack of you who will disagree with me, but let the discussion begin......again. :P