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Im not going to bother trying to read through every single post to see if someone has mentioned this...so forgive me if the subject has already come up.
Sex Sells. You realise that a large majority of 'composers' and 'artists' that are around today, are incredibly beautiful/handsome? People take one look at them and go 'mm mm Yummy'...sometimes without even realising how much they really suck.
I dont know ANYONE (personally) who has said "Mm mm, Beethoven was a babe" or "I'd tap Rachmaninoff".
In everyday conversation, I hear (seriously) "Mm Mm, Justin Timberlake is soooo hot" and "Jennifer Lopez's butt makes me hor..." (i wont finish that).
Also, look at these lyrics:
[Will.I.Am]
It's funny how a man only thinks about the...
You got a real big heart, but I'm looking at your...
You got real big brains, but I'm looking at your...
Girl, there ain't no pain in me looking at your...
[PCD]
I don't give a...
Keep looking at my...
'Cause it don't mean a thing if you're looking at my...
I'm a do my thang while you're playing with your...
Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
(Pussy Cat Dolls, 2007 Interscope Records)
-and-
I'm busy throwing hints that he keeps missing
Don't have to think about it
I wanna kiss and
Everything around it but he's too distant
I wanna feel his body
I can't resist it...
After waiting patiently for him to come and get it
He came on through and asked me if i wanted to get with him
I knew i had my mind made up from the very beginning
Won't miss this opportunity so you and me could feel it
(Sugarbabes, 2007 Universal Records)
See how sexual these songs are. Sure, i did choose the most promiscuous songs they have ever written, but you get my point? People hear these words (well, sometimes they dont even realise it) and they love it. The video clips gets people off as well.
If i were to put Art Music on MTV for a day, i can GUARANTEE that their viewer count would drop dramatically (and would spike for the now cliched Moonlight Sonata and Fur Ellise (sorry for all those fans and beethoven fenatics))
Anyway. Does anyone else agree with me that sex is the reason why pop music is so poooopular.
Elvis was sexual too *thrust thrust*.
- Another reason pop music may be so popular as well could be because of the constant excitement built up in them, with strong rock beats and cliched I IV V VI chords. I appreciate the rock composers that incorporate traditional writing with rock stuff...Nightingale something something do it...i cant remember their band name.
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