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Old 05-29-2008, 07:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A very good rock band, I'm surprised by the lack of interest in this forum. Is anyone else a fan, or am I alone?

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Old 05-29-2008, 08:04 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I agree they're good and I just so love their music.. I'm not a huge fan but I can say that you're not alone! =)
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:42 AM   #3 (permalink)
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ABBA a rock band? Surely they are the perfect embodiment of a Pop band? I don't have anything by them but I know all their stuff. Well written and produced Pop.
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Pop is a style of rock.
Is it? You learn something new everyday? Thankyou for educating me.
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Don't use sarcasm with me. I was just explaining my reasoning.
Yeah but your reasoning is wrong. I cannot imagine anyone on these forums stating that Pop is a form of rock. A lot of pop does'nt even use guitars or live drums which are used in rock.
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Easy-I don't with the exception of The Beatles maybe. Burt Bacaharchs music touched on light piano jazz at times.

You say ABBA a rock band? Fine. I am calling them a Pop band. So let's agree to disagree.
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I agree that Burt Bacharach was inspired by cool jazz, but that doesn't make him a jazz artist. He experimented with many different styles of music, yet always seemed to come back to rock.


I don't disagree with that. Pop is a style of rock.
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What I will say though is that pop, in some of its meanings, is a style of rock. But pop is broader these days. It now, for example, is most commonly used to refer to urban pop/contemp r&b, which is more descended from hip-hop and soul. It would be silly for example to start calling Rihanna a rock act.
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Sarcastic again.
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Your right about this. Rihanna isn't rock, she's r&b. But she's also not pop. Rihanna is dance-pop.
lol. C'mon, bro. Dance music's a form of rock, isn't it?
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Yeah, your right. She kind of overlaps into rock sometimes, like most artists. Though urban, dancehall, and tropical are all prominent r&b, reggae, and latin styles in her music as well.
What I'm saying is that "pop" today is used as a standalone term to encompass the urban formats. As such, "pop" is not necessarily rock in all of its meanings.
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What is Urban music? because in the 60's the Beach Boys music was iindicative of their surroundings, they played surf music that was influenced by their hobbies. This could be classed as Urban music, but then it is not pop.

What is 'pop-soul' and what differentiates this from normal pop music?
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