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Originally Posted by Tobias
What makes it pop sounding though? Is it just cause the sound isn't grainy or the fact that they are part of a major record label
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There are many factors. Alot has to do with the attitude of the musicians, the generally brighter sound and the more positive lyrics. Check out these videos for three classifications of punk through the years:
Sex Pistols: Bodies
Punk started as rebelious music and as a reaction to the increasing amount of prog-rock in those days.
Altough Sex Pistols songs can be "brighter" than this one, their lyrics and attitude were very controversal in those days. They raised alot of hell.
Bad Brains: Banned in DC (watch all the way through)
Faster and more intense punk rock devoloped in the 1980's. It was still rebelious, but less intent on shaking the foundations of soceity and more focused on the music itself.
Green Day: American Idiot
Notice the fact that this is not only a music video (something most punk astists detest nowadays) but also the generally more polished sound. The lyrics could still be considered "punk".
Over the years, punk rock has become commercialised and slicked up. Performers like Avril Lavine (forgive my spelling) have been classified by the mass media as "punk".
With this rise came alot of (genuine) artists who got into the scene of slicker punk and thus: Pop Punk.
Nothing wrong with it at all.
These people have legit talent like everyone else.
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