Wonky Pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2277201,00.html

Guardian piece on the "Wonky Pop" tour (Alphabeat and some other people) making an assortment of points:

- Grass-roots pop is coming back
- A desire for pop stars to be individual eccentrics rather than production line stars
- Pop marketed to adults not kids
- Buyers and fans who grew up on Busted and who like performers writing their own material.
- An increased UK openness to European pop*

I get the impression the bulk of the community here are into this kind of thing, with some notable dissenters (of whom I might well be one). So what do we think - are thinks really looking up for pop?

*if you yourself are feeling open to European pop, go and VOTE in Europop 2008: France v Holland and Italy v Romania [/hype]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Well the presentation of the article is a little "rather than", but I think this might be sub editing rather than the nuance the piece intended - obviously I agree that pop is a broad church.

[koganbot]

Nuance? Um, are you being ironic? Piece seems to be clobbering us with "This, not that."

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I admit I hadn't re-read the piece, so I may just have been thinking of the Popjustice guy making the point that no, finding the next Britney or GA is hardly the point of this activity.