Why do people think all Pop music is inferior to other music?

pushmepullme

One of my favourite bands is Take That. I'm a 26 year old guy so a lot of people find this a little odd, but I think they're great. I love pop music when its done well, and I think Take That do it very well.

But why do people think pop music, as a genre, is inferior to most other genres?

lalalalaaaaaaaa

Can't be too general like that.

There are some people that simply don't like pop music period, and that gets translated into "pop music sucks". Other people think pop music is manufactured, and hollow artistically. That also gets translated into "pop music sucks".

I'm somewhere in between. I think MOST pop is manufactured and artistically hollow. But I will listen to Prince or George Michael any day.

Azwethinkweiz

pushmepullme wrote:

One of my favourite bands is Take That.

i'm sorry, but that's hilarious

but kudos to you, i'm not here to judge.

off_the_record

i'm a 30 year old guy and i think justin timberlake is great

deadmosquito

off_the_record wrote:

i'm a 30 year old guy and i think justin timberlake is great

justin timberlake IS great! those performances on snl last week were awesome, as was his acting in the skits.

Hitch-Hiker

Take Thatt had some top quality songs back in the day. Gary Barlow is a very good songwriter. I haven't heard the new one so I can't comment, but Back For Good, Never Forget, Pray...Top notch pop right there.

And JT is cool.

soulsinging

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

Take Thatt had some top quality songs back in the day. Gary Barlow is a very good songwriter. I haven't heard the new one so I can't comment, but Back For Good, Never Forget, Pray...Top notch pop right there.

And JT is cool.

man, i hope gayness isnt contagious...

elmer

deadmosquito wrote:

justin timberlake IS great! those performances on snl last week were awesome, as was his acting in the skits.

awww come on!! hes a pubic haired twat,,,,,fuckin "futuresex" whos he think hes kiddin

mwachsman

soulsinging wrote:

man, i hope gayness isnt contagious...

Lol

pizzaboynizza

Don't deny yourself from listening to something you enjoy just because you feel it's "hollow". It's just music.

I agree with you guys about Take That, they have something that's quite haunting about a lot of their melodies.

Meh, I'm not a big fan of Justin Timberlake. I like some of his music but as far as he goes I feel he's overrated.

BUENA

pushmepullme wrote:

One of my favourite bands is Take That. I'm a 26 year old guy so a lot of people find this a little odd, but I think they're great. I love pop music when its done well, and I think Take That do it very well.

But why do people think pop music, as a genre, is inferior to most other genres?

Pop music is like candy. You eat it and it tastes good but too much of it will rip the holy hell out of your stomache lining.

Soupy

I love Duran Duran, The Bangles and A-Ha. However I draw the line at Take That.

enharmonic

Because most people couldn't write a pop song if their lives depended on it.

I don't poo-poo pop anymore. It doesn't resonate with me, but that's because I'm not really hip to pop culture and what it needs to feel good about itself...which is what pop music does.

Restless Soul

pushmepullme wrote:

One of my favourite bands is Take That. I'm a 26 year old guy so a lot of people find this a little odd, but I think they're great. I love pop music when its done well, and I think Take That do it very well.

But why do people think pop music, as a genre, is inferior to most other genres?

Is this new take that or old? I hated the old one but the new song (Patience) is pretty good!

I think the problem with pop music is that is is seen as music being made for money's sake, with most of the money going to pop "swengalis" like simon cowell etc who "manufacture" acts for the market, as opposed to artists doing it for themselves. Back in the 80s it was Stock Aitken and Waterman and I think they were the ones who really gave pop music a bad name and its stuck.

One of the reasons I prefer All Saints over Girls Aloud (YUK!) is because the girls in All Saints did it themselves like a band does - they got together themselves, wrote their own songs etc. They didn't have someone telling them what to do, what to wear, what to sing etc to fit a formula, (at least as far as I know they didn't.) That's what I admire anyway.

fada

Music in the sixties was all pop music until maybe 67 when people had different genres etc...
Pop Music of the bands that I like(don't buy their albums but the songs are catchy).
Sugababes the best female group for a very long time. Prefer their very early songs.
I really liked "All about you" by Mcfly
Most of pop is manufactured music with drummachines and very little originality but some out there isn't half bad

Beatriz

I like some pop music, but most of it is really bad. I like Lilly Allen, but i guess she's not mainstream pop.

*given*to*fly*

sometimes pop music can be fun .... mostly it just sucks balls tho

bovy_j

I'm not saying pop music is inferior to all music, rap music is inferior to all other music.

Some pop tunes aren't too bad, but..most are. Nothing compares to the crap that is called rap.

Restless Soul

bovy_j wrote:

I'm not saying pop music is inferior to all music, rap music is inferior to all other music.

Some pop tunes aren't too bad, but..most are. Nothing compares to the crap that is called rap.

rap music isn't inferior! But I guess whatever floats. :eyeroll:

brhf9

I don't.

Azwethinkweiz

bovy_j wrote:

Nothing compares to the crap that is called rap.

Not all rap sucks.

IE; the roots, mos def.