Pop?, Is that necessarily bad? Options

[LiveRocks]

I see the term Live has went "pop" being thrown around left & right here, Is pop music bad? I've listened to SFBM numerous times now & it is still rock music, Every song may not be your particular cup of tea but being a Live fan I did like the album. I think some fans get in the bad habit of comparing every new release to "Throwing Copper" & that will be a recipe for disaster every time. That album is a what put Live on the national map, a Top 100 Rolling Stone Album of all time, There will never be another TC, the sooner the true Live fan realizes that the quicker you can enjoy their subsequent releases. They are older,they have lives/kids,etc. Their sound has changed somewhat, the lyrics Ed writes now is because he's in a different space then he was in 1994. That's music. There is nothing wrong with that. Most artists who have 6-7 albums style or sound has changed, that's life. Do I like every song they've released...No but I don't hold up everything in a litmus test compared to "Throwing Copper", Simply put there won't be another "Throwing Copper", quit expecting that & enjoy(when possible)

This post has been edited by LiveRocks: Apr 15 2006, 11:16 am

[seriakiLLa]

I see the term Live has went "pop" being thrown around left & right here, Is pop music bad? I've listened to SFBM numerous times now & it is still rock music, Every song may not be your particular cup of tea but being a Live fan I did like the album. I think some fans get in the bad habit of comparing every new release to "Throwing Copper" & that will be a recipe for disaster every time. That album is a what put Live on the national map, a Top 100 Rolling Stone Album of all time, There will never be another TC, the sooner the true Live fan realizes that the quicker you can enjoy their subsequent releases. They are older,they have lives/kids,etc. Their sound has changed somewhat, the lyrics Ed writes now is because he's in a different space then he was in 1994. That's music. There is nothing wrong with that. Most artists who have 6-7 albums style or sound has changed, that's life. Do I like every song they've released...No but I don't hold up everything in a litmus test compared to "Throwing Copper", Simply put there won't be another "Throwing Copper", quit expecting that & enjoy(when possible)

It's of course a matter of preference. Pop itself isn't evil.

Rock or pop, what exactly makes you listen to a song? Is it when you hear creativeness? Is it when you sense a deep passion and inspiration behind it? Good songwriting? Does it interest you more if you knew how talented the artist is, and how this artist is involved in the making of music, and not just singing it? Or do you find it better if this artist CAN perform live?

Yes, there won't be another TC, SS isn't TC, MJ wasn't TC, but I dig those 3 albums almost equally.

Like I said in another thread, with this album, I am for the first time, getting to appreciate the new direction the band is taking, since the V era. This isn't brilliant work, but it's a good enough sign that the band is alive and well, and I'm looking forward to the next album.