[78-L] Pop vs popular

[Don Cox]

On 21/09/2011, Kristjan Saag wrote:

> Julian Vein quoted and wrote:
>> On 21/09/11 21:29, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>> Cary likes Bing but not Amy; the kids like Amy, hardly Bing -
>>> nevertheless both are pop singers. Don's suggestion to use "popular"
>>> for the older generation of artists and "pop" for the younger seems
>>> reasonable, but doesn't really rhyme with the way the word "pop" has
>>> been used. I checked Billboard magazines from 1942, 1952, 1962, 1972
>>> and 1982 - the word "pop" (meaning "popular") is used from the
>>> beginning, a little less in the 1940's but the difference is small:
>>> about 10/20 per issue between 1942 and 1982. Not a radical change...
>>> Kristjan
>>> 
>>> =================================
>> Bing could turn his hand to all sorts of material--rhythm tunes,
>> popular ballads, novelties, Hawaiian, country etc. How many
>> contemporary singers (sic) can do that?
>> 
>>        Julian Vein
>> __
> We live in a different time. The audiences are more specialized, few
> artist would gain anything by broadening their repertoire like Bing
> and others did.
> That doesn't make them less popular or less qualified as entertainers.
> Some of them even sing better. Kristjan

Rachid Taha sings both classic Arab material and straight rock, and lots
in between.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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