Music Banter - View Single Post - Isn't 'Pop-Punk' an oxy moron?

teshadoh · 04-17-2008, 03:48 PM

I don't think punk's primary issue was ever 'pop', but commercially over-saturated 'popular' music. Of course the Bee Gees & Abba, but also Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, The Who (1970's era), & Pink Floyd. The latter grouping would not be considered 'pop' music by most people's definitions here, but were targeted for either being shallow or being full of themselves. Punk was about taking rock music & stripping it down of all the pretenses that had built up through the 1970's.

Besides, if no one thinks punk bands never played pop music - listen to the Buzz****s. Buzz****s has more memorable sing-along chorus poppy tunes than most seminal pop artists around.

04-17-2008, 03:48 PM	#96 (permalink)
teshadoh Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 94	I don't think punk's primary issue was ever 'pop', but commercially over-saturated 'popular' music. Of course the Bee Gees & Abba, but also Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, The Who (1970's era), & Pink Floyd. The latter grouping would not be considered 'pop' music by most people's definitions here, but were targeted for either being shallow or being full of themselves. Punk was about taking rock music & stripping it down of all the pretenses that had built up through the 1970's. Besides, if no one thinks punk bands never played pop music - listen to the Buzz**s. Buzz**s has more memorable sing-along chorus poppy tunes than most seminal pop artists around.