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[kirkt]

i dont see why people have got anything against pop music...so it may not always be the most challenging form of music (or it may be...how else would you describe The Beatles other than a pop band? they had their fan club, their own movies, their screaming fans, but were the greatest band of all time) but it can be refreshing and although its rare I would listen to good pop music than most things in the charts...what i mean by good pop music is The Monkees, Pet Shop Boys, Take That, The Supernaturals and Linkin Park who may be criticised for not being very metal but who can deny that they cant write a catchy song?

Altho I wouldnt personally listen to Busted or McFly, I think it should just be accepted as what it is...pop music and not too different from some of the bands people on here listen to anyway

[Lauren M]

Originally posted by kirkt:
what i mean by good pop music ... Take That...

YEA!!
Charlie from busted plays drums on the cds and stuff i think.

Whats wrong with liking a bit of pop music? I have to agree with kirkt on this. People on here are way to protective over their favourite genre of music. Ok so they arent hard core or "true punk" or whatever, but they dont say they are, so whats the problem?

And the moral of the story is: enjoy a bit of everything.
(but take that the most)

[Adam Easy Wishes]

Nothing beats a pure pop melody.

[Lauren M]

so true

nothing beats take that!

[RicoAUBL]

Originally posted by Lauren M:
so true

nothing beats take that!

a stick or perhaps a good sized metal pole would do the trick



no but seriously i wasnt saying that it licks balls because of the music
what i'm saying is that pop music is bad because a lot of it exists purely for fame and fortune - which is wrong
fair enough some pop artists (or artists who would be pigeon-holed in the pop category) do have some actual talent
however some people are only in it for the bling
and that's just not right

But Rico, surely you cannot deny that the reason bands exist is for fame and fortune by and large, nobody ever set up a band to be content with playing piss-soaked clubs and pubs for the rest of their days.

Pop music simply fills a particular niche in the market, and you have to admit that its popularity is down to most of the tunes being catchy as fuck.

Sure it throws up its fair share of shite, but find me a genre that doesn't!!!

[RicoAUBL]

ok well how many bands do you see on programmes like totps, cd:uk etc. (and tv in general)
how many major labels and people with money and power support real live music and real UK bands
and how many pop groups and stuff do you see flying up the charts and being splashed all over every paper and magazine - then suddenly there's arena tours... then they're presenting some crappy kids programme...
but anyway
record companies spend money on pop shit because it's easy to market and people lap it up
just like any fashion trend - it comes, it makes it's money, then it leaves

but why

really just...why?

[Tam o' Shantie]

i like pop music - just not mainstream shite, by that i mean that some of my favourite bands play pop style music. Everything in the charts these days is bollocks. Busted and McFly are shite. And what's more, they have the kitsch factor, people who are ALTERNATIVEZ!!!1 seem to think it's wacky and kooky to say LOL!!!!1 I LIKE BUSTED 2, THEY R KOOL!!!!18!!493! to whom i say 'Shut up.'

It's obvious that insular scensters have no idea just how big the music industry is. All you get is "there is no other music except that which I like, so there."
Arrogantly dismissing all other genres except the emo/punk/metal/deathwanking/peripheral/inaccesible/coolandvalid that you happen to have dug up on a white label in a junk shop is narrow minded and insulting to the many, many hard working musicians in the wide, wonderful spectrum of genres from jazz and classical to folk and hip hop. There are all valid froms of expression and they all have their devotees. You don't have to listen to them or even like them, but you have to respect them and their contribution whatever it is. Why? Because you're not qualified to dismiss them as shite.
Of course some of it is manufactured. Of course some of it is trite and obvious. Music is a business and to survive they have to make money and so they will. And if a band or some youngsters want to make money and be famous for a while-so what? Does it hurt you or stop your band paying to play or playing for peanuts in your underground/alternative paradise? Of course it doesn't.

[RicoAUBL]

i'd just like it if people appreciated musicians with real talent
i dont care what the music sounds like

people who like pop music bad mouth rock/punk/metal etc.
just like what people in this thread are doing
it works both ways
people always asked me why i liked 'shouty music'... and i'd always get shit for it
did they take the time to listen to it.. no

anyway
the point is
there is no point

i'm tired of arguing about this



aus.