Klarinet Archive - Posting 000665.txt from 2002/07

From: "Kimber" <wolfcry01@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:35:30 -0400

I take it no one likes Guns N' Roses or Pearl Jam or Nirvana either? Is
there no one out there who likes classic rock from the eighties and
seventies and such, with the exception of maybe Robert Nalezinski. He seems
to appreciate the style. Don't get me wrong, I love EVERYTHING, from rap to
opera. Nothing excluded, except maybe chruch songs and satanic songs, but I
love classical, big band, and rock(classic or not) by far the most. Does
anyhone agree with my views on classic rock?
Kimber the Wrestler
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From: Robert S. Nalezinski <nalezinski@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince

>
> >> Although they were popular with the masses, the critics hated them...
>
> > I thought that was practically the DEFINITION of "pop" music.
>
> We might as well call McDonald's and Burger King "Pop Food" because
> with billions and billions served... That is much more popular than any
> particular artist or music group ever sold.
>
> I will concede though that "pop music" is a very ambiguous term
> though... As does it reflect the popularity of a musical group, or does
> it reflect on the type of music that a musical group produces?
>
> Myself, I have always tended to subscribe to the view that it refers
> to the type of music that a group produces. In the 80's music scene
> (*wince*), Gun's N' Roses were highly popular... Along with all those
> "Hair Metal" bands... But would you consider Gun's N' Roses as "pop
> music", the same term that readily fits such acts as "The Backstreet
> Boys" and "Brittney Spears"? We could go further with groups like
> "Nirvana" and "Pearl Jam"... Very popular "grunge rock" bands... And yet
> they are considered as "grunge rock"... Not "Pop."
>
> Although I do not doubt that the popularity of a group or artist is
> important in the consideration of the term "pop music", I feel that
> history has shown that a greater emphasize is placed on the type of
> music that a group or artist produces over popularity.
>
> Elvis is after all considered "The King of Rock and Roll"... Not the
> "King of Pop Music."
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
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