"People value American popular music for many reasons, including a desire for beauty, but also a great deal more;they use music to escape from the rigorous work week,to celebrate important events in their lives, to help them make money, war, and love" (Starr, and Waterman 6).
American popular music is important in our everyday lives this is true...but why is it that the pop music we listen to has such a distinctive sound? Why does Britney Spears' "In the Zone" album sound so similar to her most recent album "Circus?" Why are the Black Eyed Peas so famous for "I Gotta Feeling?" We hear these pop songs and forget our daily lives as authors Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman state in "American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3," but simultaneously there is a technical sound to all pop music. With a catchy chorus and recognizable feelings everyone may experience one may have a pop song.
Today in 2010, we notice a transformation within music written by The Beatles in the 1960's to today's pop music. Our music today has an electronic European feel and no longer is using a guitar and drums beat. With synthesizers our music is almost spoken, like Ke$ha's "Tik Tok." Pop music is about having a good time, getting ready for partying, and forgetting all your worries.
Along with a catchy sound artists today have managed the way they market themselves. Sure we can all sing "Tik Tok," but it is about attitude and physical presence while performing, the style clothing one may choose, etc. Popular music is a constantly changing sound and evolves with the culture and society we live in as time progresses.
Sources:
Larry, Starr, and Waterman Christopher. American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3. 1st ed. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010. 6-8. Print.
No comments:
Post a Comment