Topher wrote:rustybike wrote:coming from someone who hates pop
That's quite a generalisation to make. I don't think there's anything wrong with pop records that are done well. I like a lot of Pink's records and love The Feeling. I also liked Baby, One More Time (but that's the only Britney song I like) and Crazy in Love by Beyonce.
See i wouldn't class P!nk as Pop at all... hence why she's one of my top 3 favourite artists (and because I want to marry her one day). P!nk a bit of everything. She's in the same category that 4 non blondes, Alanis Morissette, etc. were/are in. Not Pop, but not rock, or metal, or r'n'b. Those types of people are they're own category i persoanlly think.
I class Britney, Girl Bands, Boy Bands and all that sort; Pop. Indeed, they can do well; but it's hardly them "doing it well" most of the time - it's their song writers (Christina being the exception as she is known to write her own songs), the production company, the choreogrophers, etc. doing alot of work. There's so much editing, dubbing and snipping as well that i don't see why people should give them credit for singing a song someone else has written and dancing someone elses dance.
Whereas I think rock/metal/indie/ bands that write their own music, write their own lyrics, and organise the way they perform deserve alot of credit, as they've worked alot harder. Don't get me wrong, the artists that are dancing around at the same time as singing work hard too, but they haven't had to write their songs most of the time or do that bit before singing a song, it's generally given to them on a plate; they're just told how to sing it, told where to stand on stage and shown how to dance.
That's my opinon anyways.
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