Pop Music

anything I can't classify as any other genre I classify as Pop.

Madonna, Christina, Britney, Michael Jackson, NERD, Prince, Robbie Williams are all pop in my book and the last 5 ain't bad either.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Save the "It means popular" comments. Try not to be anal.

Basically, pop music is either seen as a guilty pleasure or something to be hated with venom.

However, it's undeniable that there have been some incredible pop or pop orientated artists in music over all time, some of it ranking as arguably the best music ever (Prince sometimes, Jackson etc).

So what pop music do you like, if at all?

What pop music do you believe is responsible for the tag it's acquired as a damned genre?

What era do you think produced the best pop music? Modern or earlier days?

What, to you, constitutes pop music or a pop song?

-AC

Originally posted by DiamondBullets
A fast electronic beat with NO bass, and cheesy lyrics about love by either a chick or a group of phaggots.

Other than your "no bass" comment, you pretty much got it right, homes.

what constitutes as pop music are solo artists and "boy bands" like Backstreet Boys, who are used by shitty record company's to make a quick buck or two. Also, most pop music's lyrics are written by paid writers who seem to be stuck on the sappy love song train of thought. You can tell who writes there lyrics and who doesn't. Then as soon as there one hit wonders fade away, the companies drop them and find new, fresh meat.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
To me, pop is the likes of Michael Jackson, some Prince, along the lines of Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross (pop-soul I guess you could say).

Marvin Gaye is NOT pop! He's R&B and Soul.

Eh... I like Matchbox Twenty, but I'm not sure whether to call them alternative rock or pop. Other than that, I like quite a few songs, but only on the individual level and it's usually 1 or 2 songs per singer.