![]() ![]() “Popular music” is used, especially in academic studies, to indicate a kind of music that, in productive, social and historical terms, is different from classical, contemporary and jazz music. 6 As it has been pointed out, the “brief century of popular music” began in the ‘20s with the first r (.)ĦLike “popular music”, this term denotes a very large field. ![]() Fourth, a particular text is considered (Eminem’s music video Without me) to show that, no matter how good or bad, in visual media image and performance prevail over music. I will examine the co-textual, para-textual and narrative elements determining the criteria of selection in the so-called “rotation” in which the performance prevails over the musical and lyrical content of the song (especially the look and the visual body appeal along with the style of dancing). Thirdly, I will discuss how the media evaluate pop music in non-musical terms by focusing on music videos, and particularly on MTV and video music channels. The second step briefly outlines the six nodes that create a web through which pop music is diffused: the recorded song, the performance, the musical press, radio, traditional visual media, and new media. Pop music is an intermedial and intertextual phenomenon defined by its position in the contemporary mediascape. This term must not to be considered as a synonym for “popular music”, but as a specific branch in this field. The aesthetic concerns of pop music texts focus on the co-textual, para-textual and external elements of the song.įour steps will be followed in order to find the answers to these questions.ģDuring the first step I will attempt to define what “pop music” is. Pop music is not judged in strictly musical terms. Moreover, mass media devote their space to songs and performers whose main credit lies in having an appealing face or look, an exciting way of dancing, a catchy song with a catchy chorus, an impressive music video, some intriguing rumours about their so-called “private life”. 2 Yet, if we think about the role of media in diffusing music, there is another question to answer: what kind of music do the mass media try to promote? In other words, do mass media think in term of “good music” and “bad music”?ĢMass media, especially radio and TV, judge music as being “appropriate” and “effective” if it reaches their commercial target. But how does music reach these people? Certainly, this occurs through the commercial distribution of a record, but music reaches its audience mainly through the mass media. As pointed out by many researchers, 1 this definition comes – from the fact that it is widely appreciated by a large number of people.
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