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WCGreen

(45,558 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:01 PM Dec 2013

Pop songs when I was growing up was filled with ballads, silly love songs, a couple of

funny songs and songs that rocked and others that made you want to dance.

Fast Forward to now and it seems that at least a quarter of the songs I hear on pop stations are, how shall I say it, I AM HERE, HEAR ME ROAR...

Anthems to the right of me, the left and front and back.

I know, I know...

But does every "Diva" have to belt out here I am, hear me roar...

Of course these ballad have been popular on stage and screen. Who could forget Babs singing on the Ferry Boat in the beginning of Funny Girl. But that was a huge part of the movie, not roaring for the sake of roaring..

It seems so calculated when everyone is doing it.

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Pop songs when I was growing up was filled with ballads, silly love songs, a couple of (Original Post) WCGreen Dec 2013 OP

r-o-a-r In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

I hear ya...above the roar. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #2

Pop songs...I can't even pipi_k Dec 2013 #3

I listen to songza.com... Neoma Dec 2013 #4

Try this one, a little old, but very POP! PassingFair Dec 2013 #5

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. r-o-a-r

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:06 PM

Dec 2013

Happy New Year Chris

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. I hear ya...above the roar.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:22 PM

Dec 2013

Tossed the tv because I was tired of being yelled at by commericals.
Tossed the radio because I was tired of being yelled at by the songs.

Happily, we can get music we like from a zillion places on the net.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

3. Pop songs...I can't even

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:24 PM

Dec 2013

get past the music/melody (if that's what you want to call it) to the actual words.

It all sounds the same. I can't even tell the difference between artists (if that's what you want to call them).

Trash. Pure trash, most of it. With some rare exceptions.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

4. I listen to songza.com...

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:33 PM

Dec 2013

Spanish indie music? You betcha. 60s French pop? Darn right.

The thing about music nowadays is that it's something you have to actively search for because there's so much of it. I don't pay attention to the radio/mtv. It's a waste of time.

PassingFair

(22,434 posts)

5. Try this one, a little old, but very POP!

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:44 PM

Dec 2013

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