MiniFly
War Child
Why name an album Pop? I didn't get it when I first saw it, and you probably didn't either. However, I sat down and thought about this for a while, and I think I've come to some conclusions.
First, let's start with a definition of pop, lower case p. To me, "pop" is a hollow thing, it's there to make you, the listener, feel good for the duration of the song, and ultimately doesn't leave you with anything to hold on to, no gained knowledge or persepectives on life. This is why while pop can define a decade, like A-ha and Duran Duran etc did for the 80's, but good music can define an entire genre, generation or era.
Okay, Pop is masquerading as pop. Musically, it's not quite rock, but it's not "pop" as defined above. Pop is blatantly open about the shallowness and hollowness of pop culture.
Okay, time for some lyrics:
Do You Feel Loved. "Love comes pushing and shoving in the belly of a woman".
This song is about sex. Duh. However, this imagery at the end of the song is undoubtedly pregnancy. With the party atmosphere of the record, the dance beats and drum loops, this is probably not a good thing. The pregnancy is an unwanted consequence of the party, pop lifestyle of going out and dancing and having sex and stuff.
Gone is the artist's view and experiances while trying to cope, maybe unsuccesfully, with the pop lifestyle. That's what I think, anyway.
Okay, that's all I got for now. It's late and I'm tired. Add what you think!
First, let's start with a definition of pop, lower case p. To me, "pop" is a hollow thing, it's there to make you, the listener, feel good for the duration of the song, and ultimately doesn't leave you with anything to hold on to, no gained knowledge or persepectives on life. This is why while pop can define a decade, like A-ha and Duran Duran etc did for the 80's, but good music can define an entire genre, generation or era.
Okay, Pop is masquerading as pop. Musically, it's not quite rock, but it's not "pop" as defined above. Pop is blatantly open about the shallowness and hollowness of pop culture.
Okay, time for some lyrics:
Do You Feel Loved. "Love comes pushing and shoving in the belly of a woman".
This song is about sex. Duh. However, this imagery at the end of the song is undoubtedly pregnancy. With the party atmosphere of the record, the dance beats and drum loops, this is probably not a good thing. The pregnancy is an unwanted consequence of the party, pop lifestyle of going out and dancing and having sex and stuff.
Gone is the artist's view and experiances while trying to cope, maybe unsuccesfully, with the pop lifestyle. That's what I think, anyway.
Okay, that's all I got for now. It's late and I'm tired. Add what you think!
Like when they wrote the next U2 album's gonna be a 'dance record' instead of a 'dense record'. 
I know. I never understood that...Oh, well...
i like pop... 
