| Pop music is music that is really contemporary music. | | | | love in general and what they have full access to. It |
| Today whatever music you hear, music that is | | | | is a social representation, a social class of its own and |
| moving with the times, all of it is pop music. Fifty five | | | | it is not just another form of music. It is a music that |
| years before, the music which was contemporary in | | | | is meant to be heard again and again. This happens |
| that era was also pop and the fathers of pop, Bob | | | | with me always, whenever I listen to any pop song |
| Dylan etc lived. But today's music is also called pop, | | | | for the first time I don't quite like it because it seems |
| so pop is really a genre of contemporary music | | | | to be too plain. But as I listen again and again it kind |
| throughout all ages, which is flexible enough to | | | | of grows on me and then I am hardly able to get rid |
| change its form from one to another and still maintain | | | | of it. Now, pop is just popular music and when it |
| some integrity. | | | | grows on you, you hardly think of any other music. |
| So you can have rock, jazz, blues, R&B, dance | | | | The best thing about pop is that it is a huge music |
| numbers and many other genres influencing this one | | | | industry. The production and sale of pop is by far |
| particular genre of music. Sometimes even elements | | | | more than any other form of music. The rhythm, the |
| of folk and country music has been found to be | | | | simplicity, the beats, everything combine to produce |
| present in pop. The basic trick that pop music | | | | the magic which we call pop. Mostly, all the best |
| undertakes to maintain its popularity is use melody | | | | selling songs are those of the pop genre and very |
| that would stay in the minds of people. They do not | | | | rarely does other genres make it to the top of the |
| use catchy tunes but tunes and rhythm which forces | | | | top ten list. |
| you to remember it. Also, the songs are barely filled | | | | With time however pop music has changed a lot. |
| with lots of music, there is one tempo which goes | | | | With the coming of the various recording devices |
| through the entire song and doesn't change. But this | | | | which can now create various types of sounds pop |
| is an element which has drawn much criticism around | | | | has entered a new era. These recording devices and |
| the song. Critics often say that pop is too simple and | | | | the ability to change the tonal quality of voices has |
| therefore maybe worthless. | | | | actually set pop apart from the various other forms |
| However, popular music is defined by what people | | | | of musical genres like jazz etc. |