quoted 4 lines ~of course and then you confirm my question. You meant POP in the sense>~of course and then you confirm my question. You meant POP in the sense
>~"pop"ular and not Pop music
>
>but "pop music" means exactly that! POPular music!
Not anymore. Pop music uses aspects of music that have been popular in the
past. Melodies, particular drum patterns, lyrical fragments, or any part
of music history that strikes a nostalgic chord in the listener. This
habit of listeners to try to compare what they're hearing *now* to what
they've liked in the past has been (thankfully) abused in the last 20
years by musicians who have made music that would otherwise be just plain
_odd_ if it weren't for these historically compelling aspects.
The popular music you hear on the radio or MTv is better called Hit
Music. On a tinier scale, Autechre certainly is popular in
the scene that they find themselves in, and I think there are a number of
vocal listeners who have found themselves confused by the difference
between their being a popular act without the reuse of history that Pop
music implies.
-eric
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