| Description | Tracks 1-3: George Melly talks about the differences between jazz and pop music; pop music as a product of the twentieth-century mass media and its ephemeral nature, explains why he thinks pop is not muzak and why he likes pop, he talks about pop's ability to chart changing sexual attitudes and moral ideas; he talks about pop being 'curiously unplaceable' and 'characterless' because it is aimed at a universal world, he discusses the Beatles, who he thinks have good material and their finger on the pulse
Track 4: He talks about the Rolling Stones song 'Satisfaction' and compares them with the Beatles; he talks about pop music becoming out of date very quickly - he says pop music is about puberty, adolescence, and masturbation
Track 5: He talks about the 'emotional charge' of pop and talks about the song 'Tears', which is currently at the top of the hit parade, which he calls 'slush'
Total: 16.42
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0398880 |