>From: "Geir Hongro" <geirhong@online.no>
>
> >Ditto, Stewart. Being dismissive of an entire musical subgenre because
>you
> >heard 50 Cent's "In Da Club" blasting from some meathead's car at a
> >stoplight is naive.
>
>But, still, this is a mailing list mainly devoted to a musical style
>(powerpop) that is mainly based on melodies, and actually quite
>derivative in trying to bring back the old classic song/melody/harmony
>oriented pop songwriting style again. This makes it likely that a lot of
>people here _will_ dislike most hip-hop for its lack of those exact
>qualities, doesn't it?

If one presumes that most people like music that falls only within one set 
of parameters, I suppose so.  I'm neither agreeing or disagreeing with 
Geir's analysis -- Geir may be correct.  If so, this makes me wonder -- so 
often, when discussing why power pop is unpopular, poster decry the sheep 
like mentality of people who listen to rap or nu metal or boy bands or 
whatever music that is not "mainly based on melodies, and actually quite 
derivative in trying to bring back the old classic song/melody/harmony
>oriented pop songwriting style again."  However, if folks who do listen to 
>this type of music can't appreciate rap, nu metal, et. al., then why is it 
>reasonable to expect folks who appreciate rap, nu metal, et. al. to like 
>Audities fare?

Mike Bennett

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