I’m looking for the name of a Pop music genre.

The genre is ‘popular 20th century piano and voice’
It can be extended to include acoustic guitar or other acoustic instruments with voice. Or keyboard with voice.

So it includes:
church, accompanied choir, wartime, musicals, bananas in pyjamas,
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Seekers, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bette Midler,
Winifred Atwell, Scott Joplin, some jazz.

It pointedly excludes classical music, eg. Messien ‘Poèmes pour Mi’
And pointedly excludes electric guitar eg. Elvis, Beatles, Abba, Michael Jackson.
And excludes ‘world music’.

My daughter flatly refuses to call it “popular” or “Pop”. I need a better name for the genre.

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mollwollfumble said:

I’m looking for the name of a Pop music genre.

The genre is ‘popular 20th century piano and voice’
It can be extended to include acoustic guitar or other acoustic instruments with voice. Or keyboard with voice.

So it includes:
church, accompanied choir, wartime, musicals, bananas in pyjamas,
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Seekers, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bette Midler,
Winifred Atwell, Scott Joplin, some jazz.

It pointedly excludes classical music, eg. Messien ‘Poèmes pour Mi’
And pointedly excludes electric guitar eg. Elvis, Beatles, Abba, Michael Jackson.
And excludes ‘world music’.

My daughter flatly refuses to call it “popular” or “Pop”. I need a better name for the genre.

Do you include Neil Young, or Joni Mitchell, or Paul Simon, or even that Dylan bloke?

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

I’m looking for the name of a Pop music genre.

The genre is ‘popular 20th century piano and voice’
It can be extended to include acoustic guitar or other acoustic instruments with voice. Or keyboard with voice.

So it includes:
church, accompanied choir, wartime, musicals, bananas in pyjamas,
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Seekers, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bette Midler,
Winifred Atwell, Scott Joplin, some jazz.

It pointedly excludes classical music, eg. Messien ‘Poèmes pour Mi’
And pointedly excludes electric guitar eg. Elvis, Beatles, Abba, Michael Jackson.
And excludes ‘world music’.

My daughter flatly refuses to call it “popular” or “Pop”. I need a better name for the genre.

Do you include Neil Young, or Joni Mitchell, or Paul Simon, or even that Dylan bloke?

Don’t feel forced to either include or exclude them. No objections to including them.

Easy listening…

furious said:

Easy listening…

ah, white noise

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

I’m looking for the name of a Pop music genre.

The genre is ‘popular 20th century piano and voice’
It can be extended to include acoustic guitar or other acoustic instruments with voice. Or keyboard with voice.

So it includes:
church, accompanied choir, wartime, musicals, bananas in pyjamas,
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Seekers, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bette Midler,
Winifred Atwell, Scott Joplin, some jazz.

It pointedly excludes classical music, eg. Messien ‘Poèmes pour Mi’
And pointedly excludes electric guitar eg. Elvis, Beatles, Abba, Michael Jackson.
And excludes ‘world music’.

My daughter flatly refuses to call it “popular” or “Pop”. I need a better name for the genre.

Do you include Neil Young, or Joni Mitchell, or Paul Simon, or even that Dylan bloke?

Don’t feel forced to either include or exclude them. No objections to including them.

In that case I’ll go for contemporary folk.

Even if Scott Joplin isn’t all that contemporary.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Do you include Neil Young, or Joni Mitchell, or Paul Simon, or even that Dylan bloke?

Don’t feel forced to either include or exclude them. No objections to including them.

In that case I’ll go for contemporary folk.

Even if Scott Joplin isn’t all that contemporary.

and ragtime.

Why does your daughter refuse to call it popular or pop if that’s what it is?

call this one pop music, and everything else something other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4

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What Is ‘P0P’ Music?

Ogmog said:

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What Is ‘P0P’ Music?

Something that only fathers listen to?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist).

I like “easy listening” and “contemporary folk”

I as wondering about “ballad”.

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

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What Is ‘P0P’ Music?

Something that only fathers listen to?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist).

you got it: POP Music: A musical Dad-Joke

Ogmog said:

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

Although I know where those two achieved their fame, and I know their music fairly well, I have no idea which bits I should attribute to Dave, and which to Roger.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ogmog said:

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

Although I know where those two achieved their fame, and I know their music fairly well, I have no idea which bits I should attribute to Dave, and which to Roger.

They also had a brilliant keyboardist, singer/songwriter and arranger.. Rick Wright

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ogmog said:

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

Although I know where those two achieved their fame, and I know their music fairly well, I have no idea which bits I should attribute to Dave, and which to Roger.

Dave is better looking, has a better voice & is one hellova guitarist
but his lyrics are like Moon, June, Spoon, Soon….
Roger’s lyrics change the world

Ogmog said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ogmog said:

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

Although I know where those two achieved their fame, and I know their music fairly well, I have no idea which bits I should attribute to Dave, and which to Roger.

Dave is better looking, has a better voice & is one hellova guitarist
but his lyrics are like Moon, June, Spoon, Soon….
Roger’s lyrics change the world

Roger wrote almost all of the lyrics after Syd Barrett left. Dave was happy to say, “Thanks to Roger whose words we sing every night”.

Ian said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ogmog said:

ballads: has to be mindless
what I call “La~La” Music

ferinstance; Dave Gilmour vs Roger Waters

Although I know where those two achieved their fame, and I know their music fairly well, I have no idea which bits I should attribute to Dave, and which to Roger.

They also had a brilliant keyboardist, singer/songwriter and arranger.. Rick Wright

They did.