I'm sure you do, and I'm not surprised. a lot of people on these types of message boards tend to be close-minded about the opposite kind of music, and I suppose that means I'm too open-minded on this board for my own good
All music isn't art. Some music is art, some music is entertainment; pop music is not art. It is entertainment, made for the purpose of entertaining without any artistic integrity whatsoever. A rule of thumb that holds true 99% of the time is that if you see it on MTV or hear it on mainstream radio, it was manufactured to be easily digested entertainment for the masses.ryan1987online said:all music has art and beauty, yes, even [gasp] pop music.
now thats bullshit if i ever heard itErik said:A rule of thumb that holds true 99% of the time is that if you see it on MTV or hear it on mainstream radio, it was manufactured to be easily digested entertainment for the masses.
You could argue that, yes. However, pop music is not art for the sake of art, it is manufactured to appeal to a large audience; the "art" contained in the product is entirely banal and mostly disregardable. It might be a bit of an "art" knowing what makes a "hit" song, songwriting-wise or production-wise, but the product has nothing to communicate and the "artist" has no integrity whatsoever. The sole purpose of the product is to make money through entertainment. If that's art, at least it's worthless art in my eyes.ryan1987online said:Entertainment. yet entertainment is a form of art