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Staff Editorial: A letter to pop music: We've had enough!

Abstract:
Dear Pop Music, Please stop assaulting our ears. We've had enough of your oligopolistic control of the airwaves. Everywhere we look, whether it is television, radio, the Internet or our classmates' ring tones, we just can't seem to get rid of you. In economics, an oligopoly is when a few firms - or, in our case, bands or record companies - dominate the industry....

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a notice to the DEN

posted 6/16/09 @ 1:23 AM CST

no one cares what you think
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Kelly

posted 6/16/09 @ 8:40 AM CST

How is this newsworthy? Do you really think what's dominating pop charts is the factor that is keeping Firesky Future from ruling rock music? Doubtful.

Wake me when you write something of substance. Ever heard of Iran?
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Julian Russell

posted 6/16/09 @ 4:32 PM CST

ahh looks like we have some pop music fans, AMEN to this article if you ask me, someone needed to say something lol, oh and Kelly it isn't news worthy, again it is an OPINION, you are college students do we need to tell you the difference between fact and opinion? Firesky Future won't make it because that style is slowly fading out, it was a fad just like disco man, everyone tweeked their voices to sound sappy and put on the girls pants and just like hair metal they realized how ridiculous they really look, good bye pop crap
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Kelly

posted 6/17/09 @ 8:48 AM CST

Originally posted by

Julian Russell

 ahh looks like we have some pop music fans, AMEN to this article if you ask me, someone needed to say something lol, oh and Kelly it isn't news worthy, again it is an OPINION, you are college students do we need to tell you the difference between fact and opinion? Firesky Future won't make it because that style is slowly fading out, it was a fad just like disco man, everyone tweeked their voices to sound sappy and put on the girls pants and just like hair metal they realized how ridiculous they really look, good bye pop crap


Wow, Julian, congrats on an incoherent response. If you've ever read any newspaper before (doubtful), you'd pick up on the trend that editorials generally reflect what's going on in the WORLD, not on MTV. I'm not a college student - you don't need to explain shit to me.
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Jim Thompson

posted 6/16/09 @ 8:04 PM CST

I am a little confused as to the intentions of the editorial.

I've gathered that you don't like pop music. You mentioned the Billboard Hot 100 which is pop music, (pop music meaning popular) describing music that the masses are listening to. Right now, Firesky Future does not fit the popular style of the current times, which is why they are not on the pop charts. Remember, Frank Sinatra was at one time considered "pop"ular music.

Popular music is generally music that sells, so that is what you will find on the Hot 100 and MTV. I suggest if you don't like it, change the channel, or put in a CD of your favorite band. Or you can tell everyone that listens to popular music that they are wrong.

"When will it stop?" When will what stop- when will the business of music stop? Well that would be unfortunate because it will be pretty hard to tour and record albums if the band doesn't make any money to eat.
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Julian Russell

posted 6/17/09 @ 10:20 AM CST

I think everyone missed the humorous intentions of this article lol, Firesky Future isn't on the charts because they aren't at that skill level yet and if they are they haven't been signed (that I'm aware of, everyone likes different music, if you want I'm sure you could just as easily write an opinion on country or rock or rap music, as for the music business stopping- it is if you haven't noticed, with all these free sharing websites and what not no one buys cd's anymore, bands make their big income off touring anymore and that is hard without that album revenue, you are right about the definition of popular music though
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Kelly

posted 6/17/09 @ 10:43 AM CST

Originally posted by

Julian Russell

 I think everyone missed the humorous intentions of this article lol, Firesky Future isn't on the charts because they aren't at that skill level yet and if they are they haven't been signed (that I'm aware of, everyone likes different music, if you want I'm sure you could just as easily write an opinion on country or rock or rap music, as for the music business stopping- it is if you haven't noticed, with all these free sharing websites and what not no one buys cd's anymore, bands make their big income off touring anymore and that is hard without that album revenue, you are right about the definition of popular music though


This argument is way over your head. I was criticizing the fact that this was even written in the first place, not the music arguments themselves. The DEN could have written this editorial on polka music - I still would have argued that it's a piece of shit.
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Pop Music Hooray!

posted 6/17/09 @ 2:10 PM CST

I've been in Charleston for two years now and never heard of Firesky Future sorry. I've been to local/campus open mics...I've heard of Staff Band Blues and LBJ, but no Firesky. Get your weight up!
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