Pop Justice

Friends of mine are often intrigued/ confused/ alarmed, by the variety of stuff on my Ipod. It ranges from Bobby Brown to Sonic Youth. Whatever pleases one camp of people dissatisfies the other. I have given up trying to please everyone and now just play what I want, mainly because I can't be bothered to justify every single track. It is especially very difficult  to explain the merits of a good pop song to alternative music fascists (think of Jack Black in High Fidelity).

Just to straighten things out a bit, I like a bit of  pop cheese. Especially "Chuckaway pop", which has an even shorter shelf life than throwaway pop - it's the difference between Chipmunk and Lady Gaga! It's the kind of music that you probably love for about two weeks and then totally hate; only to listen to it about 15 years later when it is retro (and then you probably hate it after one week). After that it gets relegated to the dusty bargain basement bin of crap music history, never to be exalted in ever again! But there is a place for this type of music: Jimi Hendrix was indeed a great musician, but his stuff is no good to do ironing or aerobics to! If you are still confused, then check out "Pop Justice" and they will tell you why pop music is great and good! http://www.popjustice.com/

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