I don't like the idea of Britain having 'set in stone' pop music values but if they do exist i'm not entirely sure what they are now (if ever). obviously you can just look at the charts and base it on that but it's worth noting what has changed and what has stayed the same in the last 10, 30 or even 50 years. I may start a new thread for this as it could be interesting.
Another part of the argument for me is the sense of futility in judging and measuring UK pop against or expecting the UK to compete with certain other nations in various ways. On the one hand I think and would like the UK to produce the same kinds of artists as certain ones I like from US, France, Sweden, Germany and a handful of other places. My big disappointment with UK pop is that this isn't happening (but otoh the UK still has some good pop forced and characters who probably couldn't come from anywhere else...loose definition of pop here tho yes).
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Date: 2008-10-20 04:28 pm (UTC)Another part of the argument for me is the sense of futility in judging and measuring UK pop against or expecting the UK to compete with certain other nations in various ways. On the one hand I think and would like the UK to produce the same kinds of artists as certain ones I like from US, France, Sweden, Germany and a handful of other places. My big disappointment with UK pop is that this isn't happening (but otoh the UK still has some good pop forced and characters who probably couldn't come from anywhere else...loose definition of pop here tho yes).