uk pop crisis: supa-koopa.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

So, according to the HQ of the enemies of pop (aka BBC), this band whose website proudly bears the legends 'This is what REAL music sounds like' and 'Against Manufactured Pop' (get fighting koganbot on the case, once he's duffed up those idolators!) might crack the top 40 with full indie credibility intact, having no record label at all. (See here for story, if you can bear it). Blimey, punk or what? (ans: NO, obv.)

The obvious response: 'who knew that REAL music sounded like Mega City 4?'.

The other obvious response: 'crikey is this the future of the UK charts?'

(Or really: 'blimey, slow news day at the beeb!')

But seriously: why does the whole '4 real' thing get up my nose so much? Obviously they're wrong, but since when did truth matter over style in the world of pop? Surely this kind of thing just IS pop, or part of it, even if the music is dire? (esp. since I don't subscribe to the lex's no-guitars-in-pop / pop and rock ought to be mutually exclusive platform) Assuage my guilt, poptimists!

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

"It's fantastic that a band like us can have an opportunity to put ourselves into the top 30 with Razorlight and U2," manager Gary Raymond told the BBC.

Well, if that's the full extent of their Quest, I think the saving of music is not really a hot topic...