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

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I feel like a bit of an indieist saying 'argh that is NOT THE IDEA AT ALL' but ARGH THAT IS NOT THE IDEA AT ALL, somehow.

Well, it is, some of the idea. Some of the things said there make perfect sense but there's a sort of pervading sense that this "grassroots pop" is better than "proper" pop and it's just sort of... ugh. I should write something more coherent but all I can feel is this overwhelming sense of 'wrong' and dread that this kind of thing is going to become very all-pervading in the media. I don't know... I s'pose a lot of it doesn't differ that much from many things I'd say but there's something about it that puts my nose out of joint.

I think, actually, the article might be very likeable were it not for the mention of that PiL cover on the Alphabeat album and the fact they sound like utter dickheads talking about it. Meh. PiL were a fvcking pop band, you can't start saying punk's not pop these days when it very clearly has become such, even if it was once intimidating. It's like saying Megadeth are still edgy or something.