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Originally Posted by grtwhtgrvty
Yeah but pop is such a diverse genre. I don't even understand how someone can say they don't like current pop music. Did you mean like hardcore mainstream pop like taylor swift, katy perry, etc?
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Yeah, that is sort of what I meant, should've been more specific. I mean there's pop as in general popular music and there's the genre 'pop', which is debatable but to me is about simple song structures and lyricism, written primarily for a young audience in order to make money over any creative pursuit. Obviously their are so many exceptions to that, and plenty of artists from The Beatles and earlier prove you can create music that is both highly commercial and has artistic merit. I guess it's primarily down to the influences that music pop music draws on currently, which appeal less to me, than, say, those of the 60s, where Psychedelia, Rock and Roll, and Folk made up a large proportion of mainstream pop music. Nowadays we see a shift towards R&B, Hip Hop and Electronic influences, which to my taste are less interesting in a pop context.