Article on Mainstream Pop Music

[HereIsGone]

Thought this was an interesting read so I thought I'd share. Guess the phrase 'today's pop music sounds all the same' isn't so much of an exaggeration after all.

www.hoffstrizz.com/2010/06/california-gurls-is-the-exact-same-song-as-tik-tok-which-is-nearly-the-same-song-as-just-dance.html

[12565]

Thx Em. I never heard of Dr. Luke before. Find him & smother him. Although sometimes songs like that hit the spot. No wonder I hate listening to the radio.

I read "Suomi on maa hyvin seksikäs poro naisia!" too.

[lotta love]

California Gurls is the Exact Same Song as Tik Tok

uf I thought I am only one who hear similarity, nice

[lisette]

That Finnish is... not correct.

The article has a nice title, I like.
Now that I think of it, they do sound the same. When I walk past my sister's room and she listens to Keisha and Katy Perry and everything that's on the radio, I always think that they all sound the same..

[magnetronnie]

Thanks, nice article! ;D

They once did a scientific research to see if people actually judge music by listening to it, or just because other people find it a nice song, based on popularity. They had 2 websites with various songs on it that you could vote for to get some sort of top40. One website you couldn't see the results of other people, the other website you could. And they find that song that were getting popular, got even more popular, just because of that.

Also a while ago some Dutch artists released a single, bought a few thousand of their own singles in the first week so the next week the single hit the top10 spot in the charts, and after that radios start spinning it and it became popular.. just because it's in the top10 must mean it's a great song right?

That's also why I hardly listen to top40 music, it's all popularity, not quality, that makes those lists.