I didn't know where to put this, but I need music help. (country, hardcore)

4ZZZ · 11-25-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Wikipedia has a good description of pop music, "Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure."

I like that.

IMO the term has changed over the years. When I was a youngster (in the very dawn of time) the connotations of Pop were of the popular and mainstream but there was a perceptive change in the 70's and the Punk / New Wave paved the way somewhat. Certain "punk" bands, say XTC for example began to put out what where described as Pop songs, catchy hooks and melodies etc etc.
This change may have happened earlier but I have no earlier memory of it.

In the end I have no issue with genre classification as I think that that at least attempts to help the individual understand as to what they are listening to.