Pop Rock

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For other uses, see Pop rock (disambiguation).

Pop rock
Stylistic origins:	Pop music Rock & Roll
Cultural origins:	1960s in Great Britain .
Typical instruments:	Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Mainstream popularity:	Mainstream since 1960s
Subgenres
Arena rock British Invasion Glam metal (also called pop metal) Glam rock Indie pop New Wave Piano rock Power pop Pop punk Surf rock Synthpop Synth rock
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Pop rock is a subgenre of rock music that uses "catchy" pop style, with light lyrics over top of "guitar-based" songs. Scholars have noted that the term "pop" and "rock" are usually depicted as opposites; the detractors of pop often deride it as a slickly-commercial commodity, whereas rock is purportedly an "authentic" and "sincere" form of music.

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According to music reviewer George Starostin, pop rock is a subgenre of pop music that uses "catchy" pop songs that are mostly "guitar-based." Starostin argues that "most of what is traditionally called 'power pop'" falls into the pop rock subgenre. He claims that the lyrical content of pop rock is "...normally secondary to the music." ^[1]

Critic Philip Auslander argues that the distinction between "pop" and "rock" is more pronounced in the US than in the UK. He claims in the US, pop is the musical genre with its roots in white crooners such as Perry Como, whereas rock is rooted in African-American-influenced forms such as Rock and Roll. Auslander points out that the concept of "pop rock", which blends pop and rock is at odds with the typical conception of pop and rock as opposites. Auslander and several other scholars such as Frith and Grossberg argue that pop music is often depicted as an inauthentic, cynical, slickly commercial and formulaic form of entertainment. In contrast, rock music is often heralded as an authentic, sincere, anti-commercial form of music, which emphasizes songwriting by the singers and bands, instrumental virtuosity, and a real connection with the audience. ^[2]

Auslander's distinctions between the purported "authenticity" of rock and the "inauthicity" of pop are echoed by Joe Carducci. The former head of the hardcore punk label SST,Carducci views pop as a "pejorative" term. He argues that rock critics are "unable to distinguish between rock and pop." Instead, Carducci claims that rock critics "...appraise music as though its essence resided in songs, storytelling, and emotional and social resonance," ignoring the vital energy which comes from the interactions of the musicians on guitar, bass, and drum kit, building up "riff and rhythm" and "tension and release." Carducci heaps scorn on what he calls England's "pink stampede" of "synth-pop gender-benders" such as David Bowie. ^[3]

Popular culture scholar Simon Frith cites Schulze, who states that "Rock is art", whereas the pop music of Madonna is "...juvenile, formulaic, artificial, shallow, self-centered escapist fantasy, committed to making a profit." In contrast to the association of rock with working-class men and machismo, Schulze argues that pop is associated with "feminine" qualities such as coyness, fluffiness, and bubbliness. Frith goes on to point out that many 1990s pop stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince crossed over gender and sexuality boundaries.^[4]

S.T. Karnick echos Carducci's claim that rock critics do not understand the music they write about. Karnick argues that rock criticism often includes "...overblown, meaningless statements" that exaggerate the literary importance of their favorite bands. However, rock critics have no "...real definition for the art form they are writing about." as a result, rock critics praise rock for its "passion, authenticity, intensity, surface originality". Karnick argues that these elements are subjective. ^[5]

References

1. ^ Music reviewer George Starostin. Available at: [1]
2. ^ Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture by Philip Auslander [2]
3. ^ Rock and the Pop Narcotic: Testament for the Electric Church book reviews - ArtForum, Feb, 1996 by Simon Reynolds. [3]
4. ^ Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, by Simon Frith. [4]
5. ^ The Art (If Any) of Rock Music by S.T. Karnick, Associate Fellow of the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research. [5]

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For other uses, see Pop rock (disambiguation).

Pop rock is a subgenre of rock music that uses "catchy" pop style, with light lyrics over top of "guitar-based" songs.
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Arena rock is a loosely defined style of rock music, often also called anthem rock or stadium rock. Arena rock is usually medium hard rock, but lacks the edginess or rage often inherent in heavy metal.
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The British Invasion was the term applied by media - and subsequently by consumers - to the influx of rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Australia & Canada.
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Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. It was a dominant genre in popular rock music throughout the 1980s and early 1990s (c.1983-1992). It has recently been regaining popularity.
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Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and pop music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s. Those who participated in the genre drew on several past youth cultures, musical styles, movie images and art movements to produce a distinct
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Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid '80s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s such as Orange Juice and Josef K and the dominant UK independent band of the mid eighties;
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New Wave was a rock music and pop genre and movement that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. In those days, many music groups were inspired by punk rock and used elements of other genres, such as electronic music, reggae, and ska.
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Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around the piano, and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and keyboard-based synthesizers.
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Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs.
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Surf rock is a style of music that originated in the USA that mixes elements of surf music and rock music. The most influential styles on surf rock were general rock n roll, pop rock and surf music.
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Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It is most closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s, although it has continued to exist and develop ever since.
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Synth rock is a descriptive phrase applied to the work of a variety of musical artists. Principally, these artists share in the use of intentionally artificial sounds, produced through synthesizers, samplers and drum machines.
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Popular culture (or pop culture) is the widespread cultural elements in any given society that are perpetuated through that society's vernacular language or lingua franca.
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Rock music is a form of popular music with a prominent vocal melody accompanied by guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or synthesizers.
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Simon Frith is a former rock critic and a sociologist who specializes in popular music culture, and the brother of guitarist Fred Frith and psychologist Chris Frith. He read PPE at Oxford and did a doctorate in Sociology at UC Berkeley.
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