The pernicious rise of poptimism:
Poptism is the criticism of pop music. There are many people that get paid to criticize pop music. The author seems to be mad about the music. People state that the person is out of mainstream or old because they criticize this music. Poptism wants to "be in touch with the average music fans"( 242). This is impossible because everyone has a different point of view when it comes to music. Everyone likes different genres. The author talks about Miley Cyrus how at one point they did not like her music when she was starting and they criticized her. Now they really do not like her music. Now she does not care and she does whatever music she wants ignoring other people's point of view.
Concerning the spiritual in indie rock :
Music has meaning in the lyrics and in the music overall. "Music may grab for our souls by recalling the sounds or harmonic structures of devotional songs, thus reawaking our collective memory of what faith and worship feel like" (Ousborne, page 249). Music is suppose to remind people of events and people. For example, I have songs that remind me of family members that have passed away. Another example of this music is when one goes to church many of the religious music is related to the spiritual music.
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