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| From | "Frank Padellaro" <kingradio@pumpingstation.com> |
| Subject | Re: Outkast, indie pop? |
| Date | Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:24:08 -0600 |
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With the chugging acoustic guitar, it reminds me a little of pedro the lion or something. seriously :)
fvp
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Andrea Kremer <kremer@shore.net>
Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:05:17 -0500 (EST)
>
>I'm a big fan of their hit too, but I'm not sure why it's being classified
>(and not just by you, Frank) as "pop," and especially not "indie pop."
>The only reason I can think of is perhaps to give listeners who usually
>aren't into the urban/rap/hip-hop/funk scene a way to explain why they
>like it so much.
>
>I'd say it's pop in maybe the Christina/Britney/Justin sense, but
>bleepy electronica hand-claps notwithstanding, I don't think the line
>between, say, the Postal Service and Outkast is thin enough to cross just
>yet. Maybe "Hey Ya!" doesn't have what we've come to think of as a
>traditional rap/hip-hop beat, but indie pop it ain't.
>
>I mean, doesn't anybody remember Cameo?
>
>Yeah.
>
>Andrea
>
>
>On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Frank Padellaro wrote:
>
>> Not a big fan, but OutKast were absolutely unbelievable, and their big
>> radio hit, of which I am a big fan, is, dare I say it, pop. Almost
>> indie pop. And that sounded amazing as well.
>>
>> Frank.
>>
>
>
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