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Old 09-20-2018, 05:57 AM   #16 (permalink)
MicShazam
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Originally Posted by Waddles View Post
I would agree there are several on that list who can sing, at least better than Spears. I also admit I dislike a great deal of pop music, but that's because of the modulation and "performance over quality" mentality.

Britney could be a good singer, if she were trained as such, instead of focusing on being a performer. I think there should be a balance between the two, but today's industry focuses far more on flashy performances, not the quality of the music.
I love a good pop record if the songs are catchy, well written and colorful. Dropping the snobbery about pop was one of the wiser things I managed to do as a young and arrogant music geek. I'll unironically consider Katy Perry's 2017 Witness a very good album. There's probably plenty of auto-tune on it, but pop of that kind concerns itself with different goals than, say, a folk singer record. Artifice is not just allowed, it's almost a goal in some cases.
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