electricbugaloo, dude, theyre not pop. and really, define "pop." pop is short for Popular Music, and let me see, Metallica are popular, so they're pop, and hmmmm, Korn are popular, so they're pop too, and well gosh darn, Nirvana were popular too, so i guess they're pop too. it dont matter shit what they're classified under, noone asked you what banner theu grouped under, they asked you if you liked them
and i said they were 'meaningless pop fluff' it's not the 'pop' part that makes them bad, but the 'meningless' and 'fluff' parts; then people decided that pop is a bad word and started arguing that they are not pop, even though they most definately are.
What about them is rock?
Where is the rebellion? Where is the originality? Songs about Jane is NOT a rock CD. If you think that somehow this is a rock CD, then you need to step back and learn what rock is.
The beatles were pop artists with pop fluff (not meaningless though) for the first part of their popular careers.
The best quote on pop music i've found is from another board that I frequent:
the term "pop music" originated obviously from "popular" but has since really grown out of such a meaning..
Originally posted by tabby999
electricbugaloo, dude, theyre not pop. and really, define "pop." pop is short for Popular Music, and let me see, Metallica are popular, so they're pop, and hmmmm, Korn are popular, so they're pop too, and well gosh darn, Nirvana were popular too, so i guess they're pop too. it dont matter shit what they're classified under, noone asked you what banner theu grouped under, they asked you if you liked them
so you are saying that any band that sells a cd is pop.
you also said that korn is pop, and it isnt, if any thing it is alternative.
at the moment soft rock music is quite popular so at the moment bands that are soft rock like maroon 5, the calling, hell even matchbox 20 are considered pop because they are selling records.
any way, forget record sales and all that, and listen to the music. they dont sound pop in the same way that brittany or jessica simpson does [who are real pop music stars]
they make soft rock music, and people buy it, so it kind of is pop, but at the end of the day maroon 5 will not give a damn what people call them as long as they sell records!
Originally posted by matchbox
so you are saying that any band that sells a cd is pop.you also said that korn is pop, and it isnt, if any thing it is alternative.
at the moment soft rock music is quite popular so at the moment bands that are soft rock like maroon 5, the calling, hell even matchbox 20 are considered pop because they are selling records.
any way, forget record sales and all that, and listen to the music. they dont sound pop in the same way that brittany or jessica simpson does [who are real pop music stars]
they make soft rock music, and people buy it, so it kind of is pop, but at the end of the day maroon 5 will not give a damn what people call them as long as they sell records!
tabby was being sarcastic when they called Korn and Metallica pop...
"they make soft rock music, and people buy it, so it kind of is pop, but at the end of the day maroon 5 will not give a damn what people call them as long as they sell records!"
There you go--that's what makes bands like Maroon 5 pop. They don't give a damn what people call them as long as they sell records... That's as un-rock as you can get. Rock isn't about selling records, it's about making music and not giving a shit what people think about you--regardless of whether your music is selling. The whole concept beind rock is being anti-establishment. So saying you care about nothing other than whether you make money is basically saying you've sold out and given in to the world of corporate music. I say that at risk of sounding cliched and I admit that it bothers me when people say that bands have sold out. But it is sometimes true.