Pop Music Being Criticized as So Simple

Pop music in the 1980s was heavily influenced by an electronic sound with synthesizers and drum machines, and dance type music. Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R&B, jazz, electronic, and sometimes folk music and various other styles. Pop music performers typically make use of state-of-the-art technology and recording studios to achieve the sound they want, and record producers may have a heavy influence. Pop music generally uses a simple, memorable melody and emphasizes the rhythm, often with syncopation, and stripped down to a basic riff or loop which repeats throughout much of the song.

Pop

Pop is contemporary music and a common type of popular music (distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music[1]). Popular music dates at least as far back as the mid 19th century, and is commonly subdivided into genres. Pop song lyrics are often emotional, commonly relating to love, loss, emotion, or dancing. Pop stars have sometimes been criticized for not writing--or in some cases, even singing--their own material by fans of genres where such a practice is usual (such as rock bands, rap MCs, or singer songwriters). Pop music performers typically make use of state-of-the-art technology and recording studios to achieve the sound they want, and record producers may have a heavy influence. Pop songs usually have a verse and a chorus, each with different musical material, well as a bridge connecting them in many cases. Pop vocalists often do not write their own music or play an instrument, and the intricacy of other instruments is nowadays often traded for simple background chords and synthesizers. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. Popular music is music that is not something else (usually 'folk' or 'art' music). Popular music is also rarely entirely instrumental.

Artists

Music videos and live performances are often used for exposure in the media, and artists may have extravagant stage shows and use choreographed dancing. In the early years of recordings, artists like Frank Sinatra sang about affairs, champagne and night clubs; lyrics that appealed to investors, business, and "classy" market. Young people have always been interested in fashion, and spend their money on new artists. Whereas the previous generation tend to keep to their favorite artists, young people conform more to peer-pressure. This conforming creates waves of commercial support for particular artists, and establishes pop music as an important mediator of youth culture.

Pop music is often criticized for being overly simple and repetitive. Pop music gets something of a tough time these days. Pop music can range from the highly creative, iconoclastic or virtuosic tosimple and downright dumb. Pop music has been very controversial at least since the 1950s, but even Plato complained about the influence of music on youth.