September 9, 201014 yr Lol pop "revolution" :rolleyes: By it's very definition, pop music has always been around. But with very FEW exceptions, it is a singles chart entity and extremely disposable - there are very few pop acts who can transcend decades and trends like all the greatest rock and metal acts. They'll also never make the same impact on the album charts, or on the live circuit. Tell that to Madonna, & Kylie...
September 9, 201014 yr Tell that to Madonna, & Kylie... The fact you've only got 2 examples backs up *his* point rather than yours. I've never understood this argument - someone says [something] is very rare, then someone says they're wrong by naming one or two examples.
September 9, 201014 yr It's very easy to become a pop star but very very VERY hard to maintain that status. Edited September 9, 201014 yr by SKOB
September 11, 201014 yr Rock'll come back. Probably. Ten years ago there was very little rock in the charts as far as I recall. The only big hits I can recall that are vaguely 'rock' (which I guess encompasses anything guitary that isn't straight-up pop) are 'Beautiful Day', 'Take A Look Around' and 'Smooth'. I don't know but I'd imagine that those percentages in the MW article would have been similar for 2000, only with dance occupying a good 20-30% and rock probably even lower - 10-15%? Between Britpop (and most of that would be lumped into rock/indie, surely) and late 03-early 04 (discounting nu-metal, and the Strokes, White Stripes and KoL's first big hit albums), rock was nowhere excepting the occasional big hit. Same from late 07 (or early 08) to now. Of course, the singles markets that got Iron Maiden a number 1, U2 and Oasis multiple number 1s, are dead thanks to downloads. Then again, chart runs for 'She Sells Sanctuary' or 'This Charming Man' (ok indie not rock there) wouldn't be out of place now.
September 12, 201014 yr Also, last Autumn Paramore's album was #1... hmm... isn't this a discussion on rock music acts? :lol:
September 12, 201014 yr hmm... isn't this a discussion on rock music acts? :lol: WTF else are Paramore, if *not* rock?
September 12, 201014 yr WTF else are Paramore, if *not* rock? They could be described as 'pop punk' which isn't considered rock by the majority of rock fans
September 12, 201014 yr They could be described as 'pop punk' which isn't considered rock by the majority of rock fans It's a subgenre of rock, it's derived from punk rock. It's just snooty people who hate Paramore arguing otherwise, no matter how much people hate Green Day there's not many people calling them a pop group instead of a rock band when they've been pop-punk for the majority of their career.
September 12, 201014 yr They could be described as 'pop punk' which isn't considered rock by the majority of rock fans Well they get played on Sky Ch.355 'MTV Rocks'...
September 12, 201014 yr It's a subgenre of rock, it's derived from punk rock. It's just snooty people who hate Paramore arguing otherwise, no matter how much people hate Green Day there's not many people calling them a pop group instead of a rock band when they've been pop-punk for the majority of their career. This is my point. Same applies to All Time Low and You Me At Six.
September 12, 201014 yr The Manics could go top 10 this week- it will be very nice to see a rock song in the top 10 again, the last time that happened I think was Muse last year with Uprising
September 12, 201014 yr The Manics could go top 10 this week- it will be very nice to see a rock song in the top 10 again, the last time that happened I think was Muse last year with Uprising Crossfire could be very loosely called rock couldn't it? Also Killing In The Name got to #1 since Uprising
September 12, 201014 yr Crossfire could be very loosely called rock couldn't it? Also Killing In The Name got to #1 since Uprising oh yes- forgot about that whilst Killing In The Name was a glorious number 1- it probably wouldnt have got there if it werent for the Facebook campaign, Uprising and Crossfire (and Manics if it does) got there on their own merits
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