Music: Spiritual Effects of Rock/Metal Music

[Diana]

Could I tempt you into re-evaluating your assessment of mainstream pop? These 2 pop songs, if you listen to the message are appealing to the masses to believe in themselves, offering faith and inspiration

Thank you Nicholas. I have a definite aversion to pop music and consequently I'm rarely exposed to any of the good stuff in that genre.

I have to agree with Lighthead. The lyrics are good, and I can definitely appreciate them, but the music still doesn't do it for me. The second song was better. At least in that one the singer looked as though he may understand or even have written the words. In the first one the girl singing didn't even seem capable. That's one of my problems with pop—as you said, it's mostly marketing. There seems to be a formula—find an attractive young person who can sing, couple them with safe music (pop almost always sounds so alike to me). The talented writers of these songs must know that, so they may write great lyrics but in order to sell their songs they have to put them into a "pop" sound. Unfortunately, the tepid pop sound diminishes the great lyrics for me. :/ 

I like a full experience where the music, words (if any), presence, and passion synergetically combine. A great example of a pop artist who rose above the tepidness of the genre is Michael Jackson. Aside from being ultra-talented as a performer, he wrote and choreographed his own stuff and his passion was obvious. And he had his own unique sound. Perhaps it's just recent years that pop has congealed into this "sound-alike" genre.