On: Is Pop Music Getting Less Intelligent?

[wambotron]

Pop music from 1959 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGgaZZl_GVg

Pop music is stupid because it's catchy. It's always been that way, always will be.

[cbd1984 → wambotron]

If you ever want to get some perspective, look at the songs which were actually popular, not the ones preserved in the playlists of oldies stations.

https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1958/hot-100

[tarentel → cbd1984]

That song was actually popular though. It obviously wasn't as popular as any of the songs on that list but it did peak at number 3.

[ScottBurson → cbd1984]

Ah yes, The Chipmunks with David Seville. Real highbrow stuff there. (And I loved that record when I was 10 :-)