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

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I wonder if The Kids get more of their gang mentality fix from tv/film characters these days - i.e. its easier to write slashfic about fictional groups who already have a clear (or not so clear) narrative? McFly are kind of the exception here in that they seem to unwittingly generate narratives by just existing. I would be very surprised to hear that someone had written a fan comic called 'The Saturdays Go Mad In Somerset' or similar.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

*gets crayons*

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

We should totally do this in the pub. There must be highlighters to steal around here...

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to pub - not because of this comment! - but do knock yrself out :)