"It's impossible to be Actual* Pop and Actual Rock simultaneously!"

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

the lex just claimed this: is he korrekt?

my response = it is NOT COMMON CERTAINLY but it has happened, like a kind of harmonic convergence within recorded music after -- with things after never the same as before

for example:
i. stones
ii. sabbaf
iii. slade/pistols (=essentially the same thing anyway)
iv. pulp fiction inspired resurgence of SURF sound

obv plenty of bands have been one then the other but not simultaneously, and some have even switched back again

*note use of ACTUAL here must not be employed in any kind of essentialist slipperiness, bcz that kind of behaviour is INDIE

Comments

Re: "one then the other but not simultaneously"

[koganbot]

Sir Dubdob is surely saying that the Stones are this, is he not?

Re: "one then the other but not simultaneously"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No, well I assume not, he's saying the things on his i-iv list achieved rock/pop simultaneity.

(And then in the later post today he explains when the Stones did this, and I agree with his choice, I think.)

(Having since put on some Sabbath it's THEM I'm now not sure about)

Re: "one then the other but not simultaneously"

[koganbot]

Or, no, sorry I misread yr title lol. Will cogitate and antsr downthread. But u migdht want 2 ponder that tha same song canb 1 then t'othr but not simultaneously, or knot simultaneously i.e. canb all rock lyk "Under My Thumb" bcuz in '66 if "Thumb" not rock then nothing iz but also lifts Motown riff hence pop and subsequently re-evaluated in '69 iz now revealed retrospectively 2 b mere precursor 2 "real" rock e.g. 2 "Devil" 'n' "Shelter" hence not free of Top 40 contamination hence iz now discuvr'd 2've bin pop-contaminated all along, as wuz "Paint It, Black," which in Creemland makes 'm rock'n'roll means powerpop means punk.

Attempt At Nü-Spelling = Attempt To Be Pop And Rock Simultaneously Spice

Re: "one then the other but not simultaneously"

[koganbot]

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