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All Music Is Pop

RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
edited 2011-06-15 18:54:56 in Media
As a classical music fan, it bugs me that pop music dominates music discussions.

Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Welp, it's bound to happen. It is way much more merchandised
  • ┻━┻ ︵ ヽ(`Д´）╯︵ ┻━┻┻━┻ ︵ ヽ(`Д´）╯︵ ┻━┻
    Tableflipper
    I thought "pop" basically meant "popular music right now" which would pretty much most likely make that the default.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-06-15 18:57:20
    Also it's more, well... popular.

    ^ And, depending on the context, it can actually mean more like "everything except classical and folk".
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    Go find a classsical music board somewhere, then.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-06-15 18:59:33
    To elaborate, mostly it's because classical music focuses on the instrumentation and the interplay of melody, (maybe) countermelodies, and harmony. This makes it harder for me to see eye-to-eye with pop music discussions, which are more focused on lyrics and the personalities involved.
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    "Popular music" can mean everything except classical and folk (and soundtracks), but "pop music" isn't the same thing.
  • DYREDYRE
    Ah, right, yeah.  That.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    ^^^ Those features are just as applicable to any type of music, though.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Yeah, it's not as if, say, The Beatles song are exactly lacking on composition. Or stuff like Stanley Jordan's entire catalogue
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    Exactly. Sturgeon's Law still applies, it just happens that much of the 90% crap permeates radio stations.
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