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icLife THE BATTALION Page 5 The music style has evolved through the years and is still changing today htful lyrical aid that the nusic is to something I rums, per- e Adamo’s /e. There is ie outdoor ge is SI. * * i £ Monk, will between 9 ge is $1. [Sc )erform on ars of local be accom- comedy of large. From Elvis Presley to itney Spears, pop music has making people dance and | constantly stuck in the minds Americans. __The popular music genre is I nacterized by its accessibility I 1 familiarity. Pop songs gener- y feature dance rhythms. J nericlyrics, repeated rift's and a I ong emphasis on a distinctive, :hy melody or hook. J>0p music emerged in the I wed States in the early 1950s I ththe birth of rock 'rT roll. In :mid 1950s, the popularity of liohits like Bill Haley and His lets’ “Rock Around the moved rock music into H mainstream. Elvis Presley I came the first American rock ind the Beach Boys formed of the first popular boy s. However, in the late the prevalence of popular music began to decline and wave of camera-friendly teen ils began to dominate the iic scene. This- rise of palpa- pop music catered to the tes of white middle-class lagers who craved a of entertainment. wt I ock Today, pop music is identified by teen artists such as Britney Spears and ‘NSync, yet it encom passes an enormous variety of different styles of music. Lee Austin, a disc jockey at radio station 93.7 in Houston, said today’s music contains a healthy mix of many different genres. “Pop today is an amalgam of many different formats,” Austin said. “A radio station can play an artist like Staind and go right into Britney Spears. You have rap, R&B, hip-hop and rock all occu pying pop music, resulting in more diversity on the charts than there has ever been.” While pop music today is diverse, some people argue that it lacks depth and sincerity. “Pop music is very generic,” said Jeff Cassidy, a sophomore business major. “You just take a catchy base rhythm and add some uncreative country lyrics and there is your next million- dollar single.” Austin said pop music has not always been perceived as pack aged and shallow as it is today. “Pop today (compared to pop in the past 50 years) is much more formulated; it emphasizes style over sub stance,” Austin said. Recent studies suggest that the average American youth spends four to five hours per day listen ing to music. Music is believed to influence anything from a per son’s grades to a teenager’s per ception of sex and violence. The controversy of explicit content in music and its affect on the listener arrived with the sexuality of Elvis in the 1950s and the was stirred by protest music of the 1970s. While some aspects of popular music may be controversial, it remains an outlet of expression and growth for many people. Many music critics seem to feel the current teeny-bopper trend is ending. Lagging concert attendance and an older, more sophisticated fanbase seems to indicate that a new type of pop may be emerging. Ross Huchinson, a junior bio logical systems major, said it is about time for a change in pop. “I think the pop music of today is catchy for the time being, but as the teenagers grow up, they don’t want to listen to the same stuff,” Hutchinson said. “There is a constant recy cling of popular tastes, and I think the Backstreet Boys have just about run their course.” Travis Lyons, a writer and TV producer, said the attitude sur rounding the recent tragedy of Sept. 11 of self realization and peace will dominate the music scene for the next few years. “The recent world events will cause artists to reflect on them selves and our day-to-day exis tential concerns resulting in a more heartfelt and individualistic sound, reminiscent of the rock and folk music of the late ’60s and early ’70s,” Lyons said. 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