On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, sam jacob wrote: :Why is it that when I tell anyone anywhere that I like "pop" music, they :automatically start trying to make me listen to their Mariah Carey and :Celine Dion records (I swear, this actually happened once at work). :Maybe it's because I'm 28. I think it's about how people defines 'pop'. Most would pigeonhole everything cheesy, plasticky and such as pop, thus Carey, Braxton, Boyzone, Pet Shop Boys, Cardigans etc etc (not that I hate all of them - I like PSB actually.) People, however, tend to forget that teh word 'pop' comes from 'popular'. Call me a naive fool, but I reckon that rock'n'roll is a sub-genre of pop instead of vice versa...... I'm actually unapologetic of being a pop-lover. Belle & Sebastian is good pop music - that's what I would say. Carey and her ilk are bad popsters... Merry Kerisimasi everyone. Clarence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+