Perfect Pop Songs
For my Thursday Evening offering I could choose nearly any song on Elvis Costello's "My Aim is True" that I'm spinning on the TT right now. But my nomination goes to....... Elvis Costello - "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8oaMFsBEk |
pop is short for popular last time I checked. We all know what popular means, right? It’s not very complicated. Popular means a lot of people like it. The most popular are the ones the most people like to listen to the most. According to popularity ratings for songs in my Plex music library the most popular song there with 15 million + votes is “Smells Like Teen Spirit’” followed closely by Viva La Vida, Wonderwall, Karma Police, and Creep. Not too shabby! Disclaimer: no Taylor Swift in my music library though Adele and Lady Gaga make an appearance or two and rank high. |
ABBA made music considered to be Pop. Their records sold a lot, so were indeed popular. If they DIDN'T sell well, would they therefore not be considered Pop? Of course not. Yes, Pop is short for popular, but the use of the term Pop for a genre of music uses that term in a less-than-literal sense. The 3 Tenors album sold more copies than most non-Classical albums. Are we to consider well-selling Classical albums Pop music? |
