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Originally Posted by 4ZZZ
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.
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Do you think that's because rock had yet to splinter into very many subgenres at that point? I mean, there were a couple different types of rock music earlier on but they were all centered around more of a pop aesthetic. It was splintering a bit in the 60s but I think the 70s were when it really broke up into tons of subgenres, many of which didn't fit into the pop mold.
If you look back further in time you can see a similar progression with jazz. Back in the 20s and 30s you had some different styles of jazz but they were all mostly about being dance music. It wasn't until you got to the late 40s or the 50s that you had large numbers of jazz musicians eschewing the pop aesthetic and creating new subgenres like bebop.
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