Music Analysis: Pop Music
Pop Music
73% of teens in America listen to popular music, which is also known as ‘pop’ music (Murray). There are so many different music genres in the world and it’s amazing how pop music can capture 73 percent of the teen’s attention. Pop music offers an endless variety of styles and meanings to the listening audience. Although I listen to many other music genres, I listen to pop music a lot more often. And there are reasons why 73 percent of other teens do too. Pop music is such a diverse genre that you will rarely ever hear the same message sung in different ways. Other genres like hip-hop will focus on the topics of money, sex, and “starting from the bottom.” Music genres like that is all the same just put into different words every …show more content…
But who says music needs to have meaningful messages? People like myself also look for music we can dance too, music that is just fun to listen to. In one of the songs I will be presenting will show that the audience also wants something they can “jam” too, regardless of it’s pointless lyrics. The audience of these songs is listeners from radio stations, iTunes and the web. The pop artists that I am about to present to you offer good quality and represent this genre very well. All the songs I have chosen were all released within the year of 2013. Which have also been on the top 100 on iTunes and top tracks on YouTube. The songs I picked are all part of the pop culture because it is significant in a way that everyone is able to connect too. Most people go through or will go through the situations in each of the five songs. We like to know we are not …show more content…
The song is from a male point of view and is singing about a female. It is objectifying women with every lyric he sings. One example is, “I gotta tell you a little something about yourself.” In other words, he’s saying women need someone to tell them what they are worth and who they are. Some women have actually complained about the song. The message Bruno Mars is trying to convey is obvious with this song. Men are more worthy than women. Regardless, women still listen to the song. Why? Because of the catchy beat, and lyrics. Earlier I explained that not all pop music would offer great meaning but instead offer a good beat to listen to. The article, “Pops drop from Madonna to Miley” by Camille Paglia is evidence that a songs lyrics isn’t all that important. This article is about how pop singers Madonna and Miley Cyrus both are known as being very explicit. Pop music is seen poorly in this article because of the way they flaunt their music. Regardless of all the negative comments and views on such artists, they are still seen as pop icons. Pop artists like that get thrown many negative feed back, but in the end they still have their music played everywhere such as the radio, TV, and all over the
73% of teens in America listen to popular music, which is also known as ‘pop’ music (Murray). There are so many different music genres in the world and it’s amazing how pop music can capture 73 percent of the teen’s attention. Pop music offers an endless variety of styles and meanings to the listening audience. Although I listen to many other music genres, I listen to pop music a lot more often. And there are reasons why 73 percent of other teens do too. Pop music is such a diverse genre that you will rarely ever hear the same message sung in different ways. Other genres like hip-hop will focus on the topics of money, sex, and “starting from the bottom.” Music genres like that is all the same just put into different words every …show more content…
But who says music needs to have meaningful messages? People like myself also look for music we can dance too, music that is just fun to listen to. In one of the songs I will be presenting will show that the audience also wants something they can “jam” too, regardless of it’s pointless lyrics. The audience of these songs is listeners from radio stations, iTunes and the web. The pop artists that I am about to present to you offer good quality and represent this genre very well. All the songs I have chosen were all released within the year of 2013. Which have also been on the top 100 on iTunes and top tracks on YouTube. The songs I picked are all part of the pop culture because it is significant in a way that everyone is able to connect too. Most people go through or will go through the situations in each of the five songs. We like to know we are not …show more content…
The song is from a male point of view and is singing about a female. It is objectifying women with every lyric he sings. One example is, “I gotta tell you a little something about yourself.” In other words, he’s saying women need someone to tell them what they are worth and who they are. Some women have actually complained about the song. The message Bruno Mars is trying to convey is obvious with this song. Men are more worthy than women. Regardless, women still listen to the song. Why? Because of the catchy beat, and lyrics. Earlier I explained that not all pop music would offer great meaning but instead offer a good beat to listen to. The article, “Pops drop from Madonna to Miley” by Camille Paglia is evidence that a songs lyrics isn’t all that important. This article is about how pop singers Madonna and Miley Cyrus both are known as being very explicit. Pop music is seen poorly in this article because of the way they flaunt their music. Regardless of all the negative comments and views on such artists, they are still seen as pop icons. Pop artists like that get thrown many negative feed back, but in the end they still have their music played everywhere such as the radio, TV, and all over the