PopTIPSTERmism

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

If you fancy a flutter on the all-Beatles Top 10 thing, or whatever, then maybe the second week in July would be a good one to go for - plenty of time for an iTunes-y announcement and July 6th is the 50th anniversary of Lennon meeting McCartney. (sez the Interwebs).

God only knows why I was thinking about that last night.

Comments

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I'd argue that 'turn our back on pop pap for serious arty rock stuff' is an essential penultimate phase for any pop artists with longevity, and loads of true pop heroes (Prince and Madonna for example) have descended into this madness. Not always emerging from it, either. The Beatles arty rock stuff is WAY more pop-friendly than than most of the content of this week's chart.

And they couldn't help being boys with guitars - that is what was pop in those days, unless you were just singers. They couldn't exactly break out the synths. But as soon as the technology was out there, they started using it and stayed at the forefront and kept surprising people.