The Glade 4.0

So...haters gonna hate or shakers gonna shake?

Both, as ever.

You can rail on Ke$ha or Justin Bieber, but let's not pretend that "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is unveiling some great secret of the universe.

Hatred originating from disreputable gentlemen is going to continually persist

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Current Pop Music Is...pop music.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Yep. I usually hold a negative opinion of pop* music, but every once in a while something comes along that's hard not to enjoy.

*I suppose "pop music" is going to mean something slightly different to each person, while technically popular music, is just about anything promoted by radio & the music biz. I usually think of it as Dance, teeny-bop, lite R&B, diet Country, etc. It is often devoid of distorted electric guitars and is mostly targeted at young girls. Exceptions apply, etc.

Yes.

As always, some gems will have longevity and eventually become classics. The rest... Well, Theodore Sturgeon was wise.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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I remember my daughter raving about her boy bands when she was a pre-teen. Later about some other pop singers grabbed her attention. Then hip-hop. Then punk. I went to Amdee for clues as to what to steer her towards and away from then. After a few years she was listening to opera.

These days, she wishes I wouldn't remember her tastes before she was out of her teen years. She's 23 now, almost 24. I really don't know what she listens to these days.

There is a market for pop music. There is demand and people make a lot of money filling it. Not everyone is at the same level of maturity. Not everyone has the same taste in music. I really don't worry about. I also don't listen to it if I can avoid it at all.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Thanks for the earworm:

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Pop music has lots of levels. Most of it is fast food, instant gratification, consume consume. Some of it is awesome and subversive. I have very eclectic tastes and don't listen to a lot of pop, but I can get down with some of the Katy Perry/Gaga/Beyonce/Ke$ha power tracks in the right mood. The greatest contribution to pop music in a while might be Weird Al's new album.