tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4675476464520298223..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: When did pop become the dominant culture?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-33264728157365074952013-01-25T13:45:10.737+00:002013-01-25T13:45:10.737+00:00Caught up on a Desert Island Discs with Eric Pickl...Caught up on a Desert Island Discs with Eric Pickles whose records were a mix of jazz and opera. So not all politicians feel the need to be populist.Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-61724143960697163992013-01-21T20:45:52.084+00:002013-01-21T20:45:52.084+00:00When the people who grew up on rock and roll becam...When the people who grew up on rock and roll became the establishment.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-53784514814567938022013-01-21T13:29:33.146+00:002013-01-21T13:29:33.146+00:00Also something to do with teachers and schools and...Also something to do with teachers and schools and the curriculum and just a slow shift away from regarding "serious" music as something special. Possibly also a decline in people taking formal music lessons which are still utterly tied to the classical canon, and instead picking up a guitar and just learning. It's a lot easier to sound good on a fretted, stringed instrument when you have not much technique, as compared with anything else. The Banjo had a burst of popularity in the '20s for similar reasons, also the current fashion for the ukulele (and that had its time earlier on too)rivetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898205638832832151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-79885799443568640052013-01-21T12:53:58.881+00:002013-01-21T12:53:58.881+00:00Not a war, just a generational shift. The serious ...Not a war, just a generational shift. The serious people died of old age, and the pop people, being younger, outlived and replaced them. Given another generation with different priorities, things could easily change back.Nick Smalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475711379297730437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-36120438363113342942013-01-21T12:47:39.086+00:002013-01-21T12:47:39.086+00:00Pop won the war round about Live Aid, I'd say....Pop won the war round about Live Aid, I'd say. <br /><br />Michael Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170302599006273553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-2200512533730334142013-01-21T12:46:28.965+00:002013-01-21T12:46:28.965+00:00You can't imagine the suits walking under the ...You can't imagine the suits walking under the Apple building in 2013 bemoaning the racket going on above their heads. Pop is no longer the counter culture.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-55947496536175567692013-01-21T12:34:55.111+00:002013-01-21T12:34:55.111+00:00I blame the Beatles. For EVERYTHING.I blame the Beatles. For EVERYTHING.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639836396121576665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-27059932104126079882013-01-21T12:10:54.734+00:002013-01-21T12:10:54.734+00:00I think you need to be a bit clearer in defining &...I think you need to be a bit clearer in defining "pop". After all, one of the great battles in that cultural war you're describing was when "rock", which was "serious", replaced "pop", which was "frivolous" - and perhaps that was the turning point?<br /><br />And Damon Albarn as "pop"? Did you HEAR that composition he produced for the anniversary of the BBC? As serious as any piece of avant-garde composition...PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927082748872458788noreply@blogger.com