{"id":9678,"date":"2013-12-16T13:43:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmz.de\/badblog\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2013-12-16T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T12:43:26","slug":"the-ongoing-obituary-of-pop-music-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmz.de\/badblog\/2013\/12\/16\/the-ongoing-obituary-of-pop-music-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The ongoing obituary of Pop Music (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

hey pop is dead
\nbring your shovel
\nhey pop is dead
\nbust your bubble
\nhey pop is dead
\nplease don’t trouble me
\nnot while i’m watching tv\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(The Knack, „Pop is dead“<\/a>, 1998)<\/p>\n

„So what if it’s popular?\/I got to infect you in order to affect you\/And I don’t expect you to get it at first.“ <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Antipop Consortium, „Pop is dead“, 2002<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Pop is dead…again<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Alexander Kay,<\/a>, 2013)<\/p>\n

„Pop is dead“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(King of Bass<\/a>, 2011)<\/p>\n

Like milk announcing that it has gone sour, La Roux’s lead singer has declared electro-pop „over“. While the British duo continue to tour their synth-heavy, electro debut, „the whole genre is … done with“, Elly Jackson said this week. „If I see anything more 80s-themed, I’m going to bust.“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(„La Roux: Electro Pop is over<\/a>, 2010)<\/p>\n

Pop is dead<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Punk Floid, 2005<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In the 21st century Apple are the Beatles and each new tech twist in the plot is the equivalent of those signpost Beatles singles that tell you the history of the sixties and music has become the background sound track.<\/p>\n

Pop is dead!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(John Robb<\/a>, 2009)<\/p>\n

\nLove is dead dance is dead
\nPop is dead grunge is dead
\nRhythm and blues is dead
\nPunk rock music is dead
\nHeavy metal is dead
\nAnd rock and roll is dead<\/p>\n

House is dead ska is dead
\njazz is dead glam is dead
\ntin pan alley is dead
\nthat motown sound is dead
\nreggae music is dead
\nand rock and roll is dead.<\/p>\n

John is dead Jim is dead
\nJames is dead Michael dead
\nJanice Joplin is dead
\nRobert Johnson is dead
\nJimmy Hendrix is dead
\nAnd Elvis is dead.<\/p>\n

Sid is dead Nat is dead
\nKurt is dead Marvin dead
\nNina Simone is dead
\nRory Gallagher is dead
\nFrankie Sinatra is dead
\nAnd love is dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Kopek, „Love is dead“<\/a>, 2010)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So when is it finally really, really dead?<\/p>\n

Moritz Eggert<\/p>\n

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