I do think that popular music that presents itself as "pop," as opposed to popular music that presents itself as "rock," often does somewhat self-consciously as being of the moment and side-stepping tests of time and seriousness - probably does so more in 2007 than the equivalent music would have done so in 1957.
(Interestingly, I don't think of "teenpop" as presenting itself as "pop" in this way.)
What about a generation calling itself new? Hmmmm. I think the tendency here would be to self-consciously not invoke the Test of Time but to deny the Test of Time to time-tested music of the past.
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Date: 2008-01-16 03:30 pm (UTC)(Interestingly, I don't think of "teenpop" as presenting itself as "pop" in this way.)
What about a generation calling itself new? Hmmmm. I think the tendency here would be to self-consciously not invoke the Test of Time but to deny the Test of Time to time-tested music of the past.