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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I think to say that sonic youth "love" pop music is a bit of a reach. They are aware of it yes, and they admire certain people in the pop specturm, a la madonna in her early days, but based on every single band or musical reference I have ever heard them refer to any "pop" music they listen to is in the far periphery to everything else they love.
Kim herself has described the differences between pop and rock. she states that pop music is the striving for a perfected version of a standard musical form (ballads, standards, torch songs, dance songs etc.) while rock music, true rock music (in her words) is about the search for a new sound, a new musical form, marking new territory, and she stated that sonic youht and most everything that they all love is rock, not POP.
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I also seem to remember that Kim Gordon likes reading glossy magazines, you know, the ones where people like your Paris Hilton's or Nicole Ritchie's appear on regularly, or about her clothes label and how she goes to fashion shows etc, all things that are closer to pop culture than rock culture. Nobody said that they are obsessed with pop music, but their love of your Prince's or Madonna's seems like an indication that they aren't the sort of band that listens exclusively to rock music.
Gmku, only the narrow minded thinks that everyone listens to pop music only for insipid ironic purposes. Get over it, it's the year 2008 and not everyone was brought up to listen only to 'cool' music.