Originally Posted by starrynight

Popular music does take things from classical, ambient music is no doubt another example. Often people think some popular music group is totally original in their sound, but often they are only really original within their genre, aspects of their music are often found in earlier more experimental music. That's why I think originality in popular music genres can get really overrated as people only look at something from the limited perspective of the more famous and publicised genre they are used to.