[coolvij]

I've noticed that quite often on head-fi, ppl tend to insult popular music, for whatever be the reason (Appendix A: BRITNEY SPEARS THREAD).

I, myself, like Rage Against The Machine, SOME hindi pop (bashfully I admit it), Sting, Seal, some Nelly Furtado and......that's about it, for the "embarassing" stuff.


I'm wondering what do other people on head-fi listen to that is considered "mainstream."

 

[KR...]

Nothing...

I am sure that "real" fans don't think it's embarassing, so deep down you must know that it's all crap, or else you wouldn't had to type that.

Anyway, at the end of the day, you can't listen to what other people think you should be listening to. If you like to listen to crap, then by golly, listen to crap and be happy, and don't worry about what anyone else thinks.

 

[coolvij]

KR - see....their you go again. "Real" fans? Please......

I mean, I used the words bashfully and embarassing (note the "s)to imply that I did not expect approval from the crowd out here....

So.....what do you REALLY think?

 

[dhwilkin]

I listen to a decent amount of j-pop, as well as some pop radio stations. But I think people automatically bash pop music (Britney), not necessarily popular music (RATM).

I couldn't care less who approves of my music choices. All I ask is they not start looking down their nose at me because of my music choices. That just makes me respect that person less.

 

[KR...]

Quote:

So.....what do you REALLY think?

Everyone knows that Real Audiophiles only listen to Classical and Jazz.

 

[coolvij]

dhwilkin: pop music, popular music.......what does pop stand for, again?

KR: You hit upon a very good point - what is WITH that whole jazz/classical=audiophile thing that is so prevalent?

 

[aeberbach]

This morning I listened to Mahler's 5th symphony... right now it's Andrew Lloyd Webber, not real highbrow!

We know some music lacks much merit we but listen to it anyway. In this way it is a little bit like eating candy... of no real value but pleasant occasionally. Britney is sort of like Mountain Dew. Way too sweet for me, but some people like that.

 

[dhwilkin]

coolvij, I do make a distinction when somebody says pop. That makes me think of boy/girl bands like Nsync/Britney. I do not automatically think of something like RATM, and I'd bet they wouldn't want you think of them as pop, either. Aren't they broken up, BTW?

 

[KR...]

coolvij,

I see that you finally got that I was just kidding with BOTH of my posts there. If you really want to know what I think about this, seriously then I tell you, I honestly couldn’t care less what anyone listens to. I may rib some people here, but I think they know it’s all in good fun, and that I not really being serious.

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You hit upon a very good point - what is WITH that whole jazz/classical=audiophile thing that is so prevalent?

Becuase most of them are older that that type of music appeals to them. Also another reason in that that type of music sound better recorded live, and therefore you can get a closer to the real thing with classical and Jazz that you could with other types of music, and that the whole point of Hi-Fi, right? Then there's the whole snobbish bit, but I'll be nice and let someone else go there

 

[KR...]

To clear up the whole pop label, if you can see it on MTV during their normal shows (specialty shows not included) and/or you can hear it on commercial radio (college radio not included) then it’s POP!

 

[dhwilkin]

Good heavens, you mean I've been thinking Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre represented rap, and all this time they were POP?!? Bah, I stand by my definition.

 

[KR...]

Rap is a form of Pop. Remember that pop is short for popular.

 

[dhwilkin]

Yes, I already stated that. I use pop to mean a genre. If I mean popular, I'll say popular.

 

[coolvij]

KR: I knew you were kidding.....didn't ya kno I was, too?

Anyways - more thoughts, guys....I *know* more of you listen to some sort of pop music...

 

[KR...]

Maybe I should use the term mainstream instead, maybe that would be less confusing?