So I have been arguing with the guys at work about what pop music is, they listen to radio one and like most of the current music in the charts
I think most of the stuff radio one play is pop music, it is popular commercial music, I hate how they say music in the charts is a certain genre like alot of stuff they like they say is rnb which it is clearly not, yes I accept music has changed and evolved but the music they class as certain genres is Cleary wrong for example Chase and status they class them as drum n bass, yes they do different genres such as drum n bass, house etc in their music but it is all commercial drum n bass etc I wouldn't class it as drum n bass it is more pop surely? Drum n bass is more a underground and I respect that, Another example is eminem yes he is rap but he is commercial rap and more pop IMO
Also alot of the songs in the charts today are trying to have that kind of 70s feel and bit soulful but that doesn't make them soul does it? It is pop
It is the same with soul and Motown yes you could class as pop, Diana Ross, temptations, four tops etc they all had pop songs in the charts but that's why we love northern soul because it was artists trying to be like them but just not classed as good enough and not the right sound which wouldn't get played on the radio as such In America at that time? Am I correct?
So what is pop? Are they correct to say Im not with it and living in the past?