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Old 10-28-2011, 12:38 AM   #432 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by blastingas10 View Post
Im glad somone is starting to see things a little like I am. Yes, The Beatles were popular. Is there a difference between pop and popular? Pop is short for popular, so in that sense, I guess not. Pop is such a broad term, it might as well just describe whatever is popular. Were The Beatles just a poppy formulaic band? No. And I think a lot of people try to make them seem that way.
But The Beatles were Pop, as in "a poppy formulaic band", perhaps not throughout their entire music career, but it put them on the map. The Beatles were also popular. They are the epitome of near-timeless pop culture. The Beatles were pop.
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