Pop and the idea of bands

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

I don't really listen to bands or groups. I think poptimists has something to do with this - I certainly don't see many bands featured here, and I think they still get a bad press even among those who have rehabilitated pop to themselves? Maybe even rightly!

Do you? I feel these days like having more than one focus distracts and confuses the focus of music, making it weaker - but then I'll make exceptions for moments like golden-age Girls Aloud, when it sounded like 5 solo artists all recording at once, leading and pulling in different, exciting directions. Or at the very least - you knew who they were.

What do people think?

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I think I hardly listen to any solo acts! I like bands because there is more possibility for entertaining personality clashes. Also idk there are more people for me to look at in music videos? Solo acts tend to be a bit self-conscious currently; certainly I prefer collabs to solo songs for the most part.

THINGS WOT I HAVE LISTENED TO TODAY:
-Mastodon (IT IS POP)
-Pussycat Dolls
-Sugababes 2.0
-Brandy
-Sugababes 3.0
-Fall Out Boy
-McFly
-Elektrik Red
-Kylie
-Roots Manuva
-Err, Brand New

V GOOD, TICK. Idk, maybe I am a huge freak. Oh wait, do Eels count as a group? They probably don't count as pop either way.