[Igotsoul4u]

Part 2 of my response.

1. easy to listen to

- this is not true anymore with the loudness wars and over-compression. Distortion is physically bad for our ears. Pop music is more difficult to actually listen to then ever. Take the latest Amanda Blank album. It is a sonic assault. I feel bad that people don't realize the damage they are doing to their hearing. I fear there will future repercussions.

2. catchy

- pop always has to be catchy and I will always appreciate that despite the idiotic nature of some of todays hooks. Think black eyed peas.

3. good melodies

- uhh. Sorry, but the melodies as of late are god awful and if you don't know that, you don't know good music. Mariah Carey's latest albums suffer from poor melodies in comparison to her older stuff. Listen to "vision of love" and then listen to "Touch My Body." if you can't tell the difference or declare one better then the other.....you suck. I have heard way to many of these lame one note or repeated interval BS melodies.

4. good structure

- I think this is another requirement of pop. A badly structured song won't make it to the air 99% of the time

5. good engineering

- ha. Do I really need to comment on this?? These songs are recorded by producers and interns in awful setups. Trust me, good engineering is a thing of the past or else my bank account would be looking better.

6. really well produced

- Gotta disagree on this one. The destruction of the producer (not the guy that did the beat or song) as a third party is gone and it shows in all of the above. Nobody is doing quality control anymore except for the people who created the music. Look up precious poo or watch a mother that just can't admit she has an ugly baby. Nobody is giving an honest opinion except A&R's and they don't know shit.

In the end you are right and wrong. All of the above elements should be in every pop song IMO but most of them just aren't there anymore. I also think adults aren't having any music made for them anymore. Its all 4 to the floor party music now which is why it doesn't appeal to many people above college level. Country is the only genre that caters to a full spectrum of ages IMO. With todays pop, if a 14 year girl doesn't like, its not happening. It used to be that younger kids wanted to be older so they liked what adults like. It's not that way anymore.