@Talmi Given the fact definitions are a sticky wicket, expecially in music (I agree with this), they exist. I think one of the main reasons "pop...
Sorry, language barrier. Here (Italy) we call "musica leggera" (light music) all those "verse-chorus" musical genres such as rock, pop, disco,...
@Grok What is pop music ?... Is it a style ?... YES Is it an inner song quality ?... YES Could it be defined by some musical structures ? YES.
@Talmi you claim "Pop isn't usually viewed as a genre in France". Nevertheless, the topic is "Europeans suck in POP". I think the thread opener...
I guess it has something to do with language barriers or smth? Here (Italy) people can immediately recognize a pop song. One would never call a...
@taskforce you seem to forget that in music "purity" is extremely rare. Contaminations are more frequent, expecially in pop music (which is the...
ABBA is the typical POP BAND. All the boy bands. Britney, Miley, Katy, Justin... All that stuff. Sometimes good songs, most of the times cheesy,...
I agree, exspecially in music. Despite this, they exist. I think one of the main reasons "pop music" is not easy to define as a genre is because...
Any music that is popular is called “pop music”, so it's easy to get confused. Pop music in itself is a genre invented in the 50s. Otherwise...
Again, you're misunderstanding. Vince Clarke is not considered a "pop music" artist. Even Led Zeppelin made great pop songs. Would you call them...
@ taskforce The fact Kraftwerk made pop songs too such as "the model" does not mean they are a pop band. Infact they aren't. I would not call them...
P.S. When I claimed "DP is more punk than pop" I was referring to so called "ElektroPunk" (or "Elektro-Dance Underground"), just to be clear.
No, it's just you who misunderstand: I was OBVIOUSLY referring to electropop vs electropunk (as in daft PUNK), not comparing daft punk to sex...
"Around the world" has no lyrics, it's practically a loop. It's kind of a silly (daft) jingle. It's more punk than pop, it does not fall within...
The difference? It's easy: let a naive grandma listen to Kraftwerk or Eno or Jarre. Reaction: "what's that?". Now let her listen to a pop song...
I think when you claim "electronic music is not a niche anymore" you are referring to electronic pop music (edm, electropop, dance, italo etc.),...
@taskforce I guess everyone in this forum knows the pioneers (Kraftwerk, Jarre, Vangelis, so called "kraut rock", TD, Schulze, Eno, Sakamoto,...
They are not very popular worldwide. Rammstein and Kraftwerk cannot even be called "pop music", I would call them "alternative". I guess if...
Artists from Sweden, France, Japan, Italy, Germany etc. may even sell millions of records, but are practically unknown outside their own...
P.S. the situation is even worse as regards the movie industry: 1 Gone with the Wind $3,640,000,000 USA 2 Avatar $3,196,000,000 USA 3 Titanic...
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