The Decade In Pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

My enormous Pitchfork piece on "The Decade In Pop" is up: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7703-the-decade-in-pop/

Spotify playlist to go with it here: http://open.spotify.com/user/freakytrigger/playlist/6cudPLlniOyOrpX5M5Dnnz

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'EXCEPT the "making amazing music" part'

this is a key thing for me and particularly frustrating having done a 'Just Dance' mashup just before it was a (finally, sheesh) massive hit year that works so well for me but would be of little interest to most others. for many it's not just a case of 'she needs more "interesting" music for me to like her/the songs' but in my case that's pretty much enough esp. as i can decide what alternative context i am more willing to hear her reasonably-good-pop/dance-songs in and just do it (and i suppose i feel she is malleable in this way whereas someone like Taylor Swift really isn't).

in the case of 'Just Dance' it was just desire to make it all sound both harder and more epic and the song was strong (thanks to her voice) yet light enough to survive re-editing.

i'd like to think this aspect of listener (or even 'user') choice will thrive more in the 10s (aside from or in spite of the de-trendification of mash-up concept). there's a 'remix 'I Gotta Feeling' context on Beatport where you have to buy the track's parts to enter - i would probably have a go if i liked that track well enough!