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Post something "pop"
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OK, pop for realz. A few songs my band has done and/or will do in the future:
Most of these songs have little in common except that at some point they all charted. That makes them all "pop" for me.
We also look for songs that will feature our three-part harmonies, though not all of them do.
Most of these songs have little in common except that at some point they all charted. That makes them all "pop" for me.
We also look for songs that will feature our three-part harmonies, though not all of them do.
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Motown was totally pop. Pop doesn’t just mean “bubblegum”. There’s plenty of sophisticated pop out there.
Motown and pop are 2 separate genres.
...or they wouldn't have 2 different names for them.
The term "pop" is an abbreviation for "popular music." Anything can end up in the top 40 charts; does not matter at all what genre it's in.
Yet they both fell under the "pop" or popular tunes of the day.
As an example:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1965 - Wikipedia
At one point everything was lumped together. There was no Motown chart or R&B vs Pop. It was only later we see the division even though if it was a hit, it was a hit
Motown isn’t a “genre” - it’s a record label.
And also, speaking of things that seem Motown-y, I'm back to having to prep my voice for this again. I need to add three or four other songs to our regular rotation in order to make this work worth it to me, but this group will not object. I only have to figure out what other songs I'm going to sing.
Does this classify as pop? Probably other people had bigger hits with it, but I like Gladys the most.
Does this classify as pop? Probably other people had bigger hits with it, but I like Gladys the most.
On the east coast during the 60's the Supremes and other soul acts were on pop radio about as much as the Beatles. Same with white acts doing soul like the Rascals.
Yes they were. As bass12 said, it was all a big mashup of styles, but it was all "pop" to those audiences listening to top 40 radio at the time.
I actually had a debate with some folks elsewhere online about one of my more recent songs because I personally couldn't sort out what genre to put it in and I wanted their opinions. It doesn't seem very POP to me, but the consensus was Indie-Pop. So there ya go. Who knows what "pop" is these days?
Yep!
Popular music - Wikipedia
And:
Pop music - Wikipedia.
According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class."[10] The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal".[11] Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues, and hillbilly music.[12]
The term "pop" music is a bit nebulous, so I get the confusion. I completed a master's degree in "popular music" studies and, in that context, "popular music" referred to pretty much anything that wasn't "folk" or "art music". So jazz would be considered "popular music". "Pop" is used by some to describe anything that follows the basic song form as we know it (verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge, etc.) but it is also often used to indicate a production and/or performance style which is viewed as being different from "rock" (this typically seems to mean "less abrasive" than rock).Yep!
Popular music - Wikipedia
And:
Pop music - Wikipedia.
According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class."[10] The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal".[11] Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues, and hillbilly music.[12]
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Yes, started as a label. Progressed into a genre.
Motown, or the Motown sound, is a style of rhythm and blues music named after the record company Motown in Detroit, where teams of songwriters and musicians produced material for girl groups, boy bands, and solo singers during the 1960s and early 1970s.
